Rex Zero and the End of the World

It's The Summer Of 1962, And To Twelve-year-old Rex The World Is Starting To Look Like A Pretty Scary Place. On Tv There Are Reports About The Russians And A Nuclear War. Some People In His New Neighborhood Are Even Building Bomb Shelters In Their Backyards. Rex Learns That There's Trouble Closer To Home As Well. A Black Panther Has Escaped From A Zoo And He And His Friends Are Sure They Have Spotted The Creature In Their Local Park -- And It Is Rex Who Comes Up With A Plan To Trap It. In This Smart, Vivid And Touching Novel, Tim Wynne-jones Explores The Time And Place Of His Own Childhood When A Kid Could Spend An Entire Summer Below The Radar Of Adults. But It Was Also A Time Of Great Uncertainty And Menace, When Memories Of An Old War Were Still Fresh, And Fears Of A New One Were Looming.