The Case of the Movie Mayhem
The award-winning Mighty Muskrats mystery series returns for a summertime adventure!
The four Cree cousins are on school break, but this is no ordinary summer—a movie is being filmed in Windy Lake First Nation. As Sam, Otter, Atim, and Chickadee are helping take care of the cast and crew and showing them all their community has to offer, an important piece of movie equipment goes missing. With filming halted and Windy Lake’s reputation at stake, the Mighty Muskrats are on the case. The cousins must find the culprits and get the filmmaking back on track!
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Publication Date: March 3, 2026
Reading Age: 9 - 12
Genre: Children's Fiction, Mystery
Product Format: Paperback
Pages: 152
ISBN: 978-1-77260-460-3
Weight: 200
About the Author
Michael Hutchinson
Michael Hutchinson is Swampy Cree from the Treaty 5 area and a member of the Misipawistik Cree Nation. During his early years, he fought forest fires, worked in an underground research mine, and did catering for rock concerts and movie shoots. As an adult, he has switched back and forth between the communications and journalism sides of the desk, hosting APTN National News for seven years, co-hosting CTV Morning Live Winnipeg, and working for numerous First Nation advocacy organizations from the national to the local level, including the Assembly of First Nations and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. He is currently the Communications Manager at the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre. He wrote the Mighty Muskrats Mystery series to educate young Canadians, build pride in First Nation and impoverished youth, and create a better Canadian and First Nations relationship. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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