Night of the Bat

Night of the Bat by Zindel, Paul. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780786803408.

When Indian workers begin to disappear from an expedition into the Amazon rain forest, fifteen-year-old Jake fears that his father, a bat biologist, is in great danger. Against his dads wishes, Jake flies to Brazil and joins his fathers research team, working high in the canopy of a remote stretch of the rain forest bordering a cave-ridden promontory. Unfortunately, Jakes first climb up the rope bridges and suspended walkways leads him to discover the mutilated bodies of the missing Indians - and triggers a terrifying, explosive attack by a winged beast not known since the beginning of time. When Jakes father is attacked, it becomes clear that the hunters are now the hunted.