Eight-year-old Thomas is shocked to discover that animals that are raised as pets in America are sometimes raised for food in other countries. With his parents, he learns more about different kinds of diets-but does that mean he has to change what he eats too? From the children's book series The Many Mini-Adventures of Thomas S. Brown. Other titles in the series: The Next-Door Neighbor Cats with the Funny Names and Mango Mango It Does Not Grow in Russia, but in Jamaica It Is Everywhere We Go