Swamplandia!
Karen Russell
Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia , her family's island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava's mother, the park's indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness. As Ava sets out on a mission through the magical swamps to save them all, we are drawn into a lush and bravely imagined debut that takes us to the shimmering edge of reality.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Karen RussellPublisher: VintagePublished: 07/26/2011ISBN: 9780307276681Pages: 400Weight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20dReview Citations: People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 49Entertainment Weekly 08/05/2011 pg. 79New York Times Book Review 08/21/2011 pg. 32Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150033 / Swamplandia!Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
Book Title
Swamplandia!
ISBN
9780307276681
Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia , her family's island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava's mother, the park's indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness. As Ava sets out on a mission through the magical swamps to save them all, we are drawn into a lush and bravely imagined debut that takes us to the shimmering edge of reality.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
ISBN: 9780307276681
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20d
Review Citations: People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 49
Entertainment Weekly 08/05/2011 pg. 79
New York Times Book Review 08/21/2011 pg. 32
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150033 / Swamplandia!
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
ISBN: 9780307276681
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20d
Review Citations: People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 49
Entertainment Weekly 08/05/2011 pg. 79
New York Times Book Review 08/21/2011 pg. 32
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150033 / Swamplandia!
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia , her family's island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava's mother, the park's indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness. As Ava sets out on a mission through the magical swamps to save them all, we are drawn into a lush and bravely imagined debut that takes us to the shimmering edge of reality.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
ISBN: 9780307276681
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20d
Review Citations: People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 49
Entertainment Weekly 08/05/2011 pg. 79
New York Times Book Review 08/21/2011 pg. 32
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150033 / Swamplandia!
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Karen Russell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
ISBN: 9780307276681
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20d
Review Citations: People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 49
Entertainment Weekly 08/05/2011 pg. 79
New York Times Book Review 08/21/2011 pg. 32
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150033 / Swamplandia!
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20