Zucchini out West
by Barbara Dana · 1997
Ten-year-old Billy suspects that his pet ferret Zucchini may be a black-footed ferret, one of the rarest mammals in the world, and takes him on a trip through the West to meet the handful of black-footed ferrets known to exist.
Juvenile fictionRare animalsVoyages and travelsFerretPetsEndangered speciesFictionBlack-footed ferretChildren's fictionPets, fictionWest (u.s.), fictionVoyages and travels, fiction