Taking home the first grade class pet is a huge honor, and Freddy Thresher can hardly believe his luck when he is finally chosen. He gets to bring Harold the hamster home for the entire weekend. There is just one tiny detail Freddy forgot to consider. His mom is a massive neat freak who absolutely refuses to have wild animals inside her clean house. Freddy decides to sneak Harold inside anyway, which quickly turns into a disaster when the speedy little hamster manages to escape his cage. What follows is a hilarious, high stakes game of hide and seek as Freddy tries to capture the runaway rodent before his mom discovers the truth. This fast paced chapter book is packed with the kind of laugh out loud pet trouble that young readers absolutely love.