Skink No Surrender
Autor Carl Hiaasenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 sep 2014 – vârsta de la 12 ani
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National Book Awards (2014), Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (2016), Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (2015)
A National Book Award Longlist Selection
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When your cousin goes missing under suspicious circumstances, who do you call? There s only one man for the job: a half-crazed, half-feral, one-eyed ex-governor named Skink. Skink joins 14-year-old Richard on a breakneck chase across Florida, undaunted by lightning storms, poisonous snakes, flying bullets, and giant gators. There are a million places cousin Malley could be, a million unpleasant fates that might have befallen her, but one thing is certain: in the Florida swamp, justice is best served wild.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780375870514
ISBN-10: 0375870512
Pagini: 281
Dimensiuni: 147 x 211 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0375870512
Pagini: 281
Dimensiuni: 147 x 211 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Notă biografică
CARL HIAASEN has been writing about Florida since his father gave him a typewriter at age six. Now Hiaasen writes a column for the "Miami Herald" and is the author of many bestselling novels, including "Star Island "and "Bad Monkey. Hoot, " Hiaasen's first novel for young readers, was the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Newbery Honor.
Descriere
The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Carl Hiaasen serves up his unique brand of swamp-justice in "Skink--No Surrender.
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Classic Malley--to avoid being shipped off to boarding school, she takes off with some guy she met online. Poor Richard--he knows his cousin's in trouble before she does. Wild Skink--he's a ragged, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, the unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators.
Carl Hiaasen first introduced readers to Skink more than twenty-five years ago in "Double Whammy, " and he quickly became Hiaasen's most iconic and beloved character, appearing in six novels to date. Both teens and adults will be thrilled to catch sight of the elusive "captain" as he finds hilariously satisfying ways to stop internet predators, turtle-egg poachers, and lowlife litterbugs in their tracks. With Skink at the wheel, the search for a missing girl is both nail-bitingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny.
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Classic Malley--to avoid being shipped off to boarding school, she takes off with some guy she met online. Poor Richard--he knows his cousin's in trouble before she does. Wild Skink--he's a ragged, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, the unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators.
Carl Hiaasen first introduced readers to Skink more than twenty-five years ago in "Double Whammy, " and he quickly became Hiaasen's most iconic and beloved character, appearing in six novels to date. Both teens and adults will be thrilled to catch sight of the elusive "captain" as he finds hilariously satisfying ways to stop internet predators, turtle-egg poachers, and lowlife litterbugs in their tracks. With Skink at the wheel, the search for a missing girl is both nail-bitingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny.
Recenzii
"Skink and Richard make quite a dangerous and entertaining duo in a story that careens perfectly from one crazy situation to the next. Reluctant readers (especially guys) will surrender themselves to this page turner. Cross your fingers that we haven't seen the last of Skink!" -- "Booklist, " starred
"If you were pursuing your cousin's kidnapper across Florida, you would want a man like Skink at your side. Maybe." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Skink is larger than life.... A presence to be reckoned with." -- "The Horn Book"
"If you were pursuing your cousin's kidnapper across Florida, you would want a man like Skink at your side. Maybe." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Skink is larger than life.... A presence to be reckoned with." -- "The Horn Book"
Premii
- National Book Awards Nominee, 2014
- Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Nominee, 2016
- Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize Finalist, 2015
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee, 2016