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There's this book I had growing up, and I can't remember what it is...maybe you know of this book?
Okay, I had this hardcover children's fiction story book when I was a kid...and I can't remember what the title of it was, and without the title there is absolutely no hope of me ever finding this book again (and I'd love to get my hands on it again.) The cover had a picture of a slightly nerdy-looking young boy in glasses. I think there might have been some other things on the cover, but I can't remember for sure. I think there was something about the story that in his mind, he always imagined himself as a capybara, possibly like an alter ego of sorts maybe. Although I could be wrong, I want to say that something said in the story was, "What do capybaras eat?" Or at least, something along the lines of that. But I could be mistaken. :O
Mind you, this story book might be around 15 years old, possibly even older. Does anybody know anything about this book? Also, does anybody know if this book still exists and is still obtainable?
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
Possibly Capyboppy, by Bill Peet?
It's old, features a teenage boy, and a capybara.
Synopsis: This book tells the story of a pet capybara named Capyboppy that was kept by the Peet family during the 1960s. The story starts with teenage Bill Jr. getting a juvenile capybara to keep as a pet. Capyboppy makes himself right at home, scaring the cats, chewing on things, sleeping on the couch with Margaret Peet and swimming in the pool with Bill Jr. and his friends.
Things start to go bad when the Peets build an pen for Capyboppy out in the yard and Bill Jr. leaves for a long vacation in Mexico. The depressed capybara attacks a local kid who has come into his enclosure to feed him grass. Tommy Peet kicks Capyboppy as hard as he can, sending him to the bottom of the pool.
Eventually Capyboppy recovers from injuries sustained by the kick but the Peets determine that he is no longer a suitable pet. They end up donating him to the LA Zoo where he is put in the hippo enclosure. The book ends with Capyboppy happily eating all the hippos’ food.]
Hope this helps, will keep looking, It's available on amazon.
