Claude and Medea

Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs

Winner of the 2008 Gold Moonbeam Award for juvenile fiction!

Claude and Medea aren’t expecting an odd substitute teacher to change their lives. Nor are they anticipating the dangerous adventure in store for them. They seem like normal kids. But are they?

Claude has famous parents and sticks to the rules. Medea’s got a scholarship to a fancy private school and can’t get in trouble. How is it that they are thrown together, trying to outsmart Manhattan criminals? And why do they care so much about the weird Ms. Rattlebee? Find out what makes this unlikely pair begin to view the world differently, and to risk everything.

Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs is a riveting story that will make kids eager for more while offering them true heroes for today’s world. This is a book that gives kids not only what they most want but also what they most need―protagonists who embody courage, compassion, and care.

About the Author

Zoe Weil is co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). She is the author of Nautilus Silver Medal winner, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life (2009), The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004), and Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003). She has also written books for young people, including Moonbeam Gold Medal winner, Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs (2007) and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals (1994) as well as numerous articles and book chapters on humane education and humane and sustainable living. Zoe speaks internationally about creating a more just and sustainable world through education.