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English
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Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
2) Freckles
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Series
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English
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Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past.
5) Boys of Blur
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Charlie moves to Taper, Florida he discovers a secret world hidden within the sugar cane fields"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Jim and his father, who work together on a boat, use the power of love, nature, music, and the help of some dancing alligators, to outsmart a greedy stranger who tries to steal Jim's flute."--
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Copper Inskeep holds Windydown Vale's deepest and darkest secret: he is the ghoul that haunts the Vale, donning a gruesome costume to scare travelers and townsfolk away from the dangers of the surrounding swamps. When a terrified girl claims she and her father were attacked by a creature--one that could not have been Copper--it threatens not just Copper's secret, but the fate of all Windydown"--
14) Hideout
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The son of a Mississippi policeman finds a boy living in hiding in the wilderness and tries to help him without giving away his secret"--
"When his Mississippi policeman gives Sam a fishing boat, he uses the boat to disappear for hours at time. Exploring the swampy surroundings of his bayou home, Sam finds a boy living on his own in the wilderness. Davey gives evasive explanation as to why he's on his own, and Sam makes efforts to help him. But...
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English
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Adam says he can't remember where he was for the two months he went missing in a Florida swamp. That's not true. He does remember. The truth: He was driving with his parents, and the car crashed when his father swerved to avoid colliding with a giant Sasquatch-like creature standing in the highway. Haunted by his parents' disappearance and hounded for claiming to have seen Bigfoot, Adam sets off into the deadly wilderness on a hunt for answers as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When the swamp police hold a contest, they expect to have a fun day-- one without trouble. Too bad no one told the crooks! Now three thieves have stolen the prize money and are trying to flee. Who will win the contest, and will the crooks get away with their crime?"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Who invited you?
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A rhyming counting tale in which Possum, Skunk, Frog, and other animals join a procession through the swamp, one with a potentially dangerous conclusion.
19) The Onts
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old orphan twins Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffins have a hard time at Cincinnati's Jolly Days orphanage, but things get much worse when the Mandible sisters offer to share their home in the Dripping Fang Forest.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Upon hearing a swamp monster's splashing, rumbling approach, a boy hides in a tree, where he is soon joined by his sister, brother, two cousins, and even the monster itself, until Ma arrives to bring them all home to bed.
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