Are We Nuts?

A highly entertaining fable of squirrels reliving the history of the United States. Will they solve our problems - faster?
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After the Great Disastrous Floods recede, squirrel greats George Squirrelton and Benjamin Franknut convince the surviving squirrels that they need to organize themselves to survive under the difficult conditions. The squirrel tribes form the Sciurus States, on the Eastern Seaboard.
Still, life in the Sciurus States stays grim until squirrel influencer Steve I'Squirrel discovers that the weird boxes the humans left behind can be used to communicate with other burrows.
Using the smartboxes, the squirrels quickly learn to manage and improve their economy. They streamline their harvest-to-storage process, track their inventories, and learn to trade with other burrows. As a result, the Sciurus States begin to flourish.
Alas, eventually, problems arise - the Tribe Council seems to favor their own interests over the squirrel citizens'. Young Harry, a descendant of President Theo Roosquirrel, his Great-Grandpa, the gray eminence of Nuttington burrow, and Gary Logisquir, the Sciurus States' nut-checkers champion, all discover reasons to be irritated with The Council's activities.
Meantime, one of the Sciurus States' residents tries to find the nerve to become a whistleblower. He knows that The Council has an even bigger secret than Harry, Great-Grandpa, and Gary Logisquir suspect.
On a day when Harry finds a rare raspberry, things begin to unravel.