The novel’s ambiance, allegory, and illustrations are more reminiscent of mid-20th-century classics than recent anthropomorphic animal fare despite the very current theme.Ī charming tale of identity, migration, gentrification, and organized resistance. Veteran author Seidler sets just the right pace, with a skillfully drawn handful of characters and an adept rendering of Phoenix’s transformation from squirrel to rat. When Walter eventually returns and offers Phoenix a ride back to his original home, a moment of truth allows Phoenix to choose the life that feels most relevant to his newer self. Unlike squirrels, wharf rats are highly organized in their resistance to human encroachment. Phoenix is enlisted to sabotage the electrical grid, surprising even himself with the results. Weeks is tearing down their beloved pier to build tennis courts. Soon their community of wharf rats discovers that an odious New York developer (ahem!) named P.J. When a violent encounter with hot tar and then a dunk in the Hudson leaves red squirrel Phoenix without his signature dashing fur and adrift in the middle of a dizzying city, sister and brother rats Lucy and Beckett (who also reads and writes) take him in. On November 18, 2020, Major League Baseball approved the transfer of the role of chairman from Fowler to Seidler, who purchased part of Fowler's stake in the team to become the largest stakeholder.After being kidnapped by Walter, a chatty red-tailed hawk, a spunky New Jersey squirrel needs to adjust to life with wharf rats on a Manhattan pier. In 2012, Seidler, his uncle Peter, and Ron Fowler formed the O'Malley Group, which purchased the Padres from John Moores. The firm has an estimated $3.5 billion in AUM. Seidler founded a private equity firm, Seidler Equity Partners in Marina del Rey, California, and is the managing partner. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. Seidler is the grandson of Walter O'Malley and nephew of Peter O'Malley.

He is the chairman for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. Peter Seidler (born 1960) is an American businessman. University of California, Los Angeles ( MBA)įounder and managing partner of Seidler Equity PartnersĬhairman and Owner of the San Diego Padres

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