Nearly true tales of a really cool parrot
"Viva Cisco" is a trilogy of funny stories for kids at the Age
10-13 reading level. All three tales unfold in a land called
Topopootl, which lies in a hidden valley deep in the heart of
Mexico. Because of its seclusion, the inhabitants have created a
society without the benefit of human contact, and they don't seem
to have missed out on anything important in the absence of that
dubious blessing. In fact, they probably have more pure merriment
and boisterous excitement than any human community could ever
conceive. Much of the credit for that, though, must be laid at the
feet of Topopootl's most..uh.. stimulating citizen, one Cisco las
Verde Arara del Gucigalpa. Aka, Cisco the Parrot.
His is an ego burning brightly, and his quest is for nothing less
than becoming the most notable dude in all Topopootl. In "Am I
Famous Yet?," he wends his fractured way from being the Answer Man
in Topopootl's public library, through a very public failure in
"Show Biz," a humiliating defeat in Anything Goes Wrestling (at the
hands of two little cockroaches), a "Mayday"; attempt at a
high-altitude record for Parrots and, finally, to opening a very
weird business; The Word Man-whose motto is, "Learn a big word and
impress your friends.- The reader is sure to be spellbound as Cisco
makes the sale of one of his Deluxe models: the word,
"extracurricular" - a big impresser.
In "Cisco-PI," he combines the skills of Inspector Clouseau and
Barney Fife in tackling Topopootl's first and only crime wave, a
rash of burglaries. In a dazzling display of illogical thinking, he
manages to accuse some innocent youngsters of being members of a
crime family, and he fingers none other than Topopootl's President
as their Godfather. Even by Cisco standards, it is a stunning
blunder.
But he musters his will, applies his nimble brain to some very
mysterious clues, and actually solves the case. The burglaries, it
turns out, were all the work of Harry the Pack Rat, who traveled
down from North America to put together a "Mexican Collection."
That, in fact, is his plea as he is brought before the citizens of
Topopootl "It wasn't stealing. It was collecting."
In this, the second book of the trilogy, Cisco is redeemed and
achieves his coveted recognition, which serves to make him a worthy
leader in the daring adventure that follows.
"Cisco and the Secret Room," Book Three, has Cisco leading four of
his pals on a very dangerous mission to retrieve ancient evidence
of Topopootl's origins. In a secret room in the heart of a
mysterious pyramid, they discover the story of how Topopootl came
into existence and who saved it from extinction.
As they read the inscriptions on the walls of the remarkable
chamber, a tale unfolds of the Aztecs and Spaniards making the land
unlivable for its non-human inhabitants; of a desperate expedition
to find a place of refuge and peace; of the founding of Topopootl;
of the threat of its extinction by a human invasion; finally, of
the remarkable army of little skunks who save the day-and
Topopootl-only by employing their secret weapon: El Gordo.
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