Format:
Book
Author:
Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Title:
Squirm / Carl Hiaasen.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
Description:
276 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Newbery Honor-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen--beloved for his modern classics like Hoot and Chomp --delivers a wildly entertaining novel involving snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, a menacing drone, and more! Some facts about Billy Dickens: * He once saw a biker swerve across the road in order to run over a snake.* Later, that motorcycle somehow ended up at the bottom of a canal.* Billy isn't the type to let things go. Some facts about Billy's family: * They've lived in six different Florida towns because Billy's mom insists on getting a house near a bald eagle nest.* Billy's dad left when he was four and is a total mystery.* Billy has just found his dad's address--in Montana.This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. Carl Hiaasen tells a wickedly funny, slightly twisted tale about families, figuring out what's really important, and knowing when (and when not ) to let things go.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12
Grades 3-7
Subjects:
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
Genre:
Adventure stories.
Notes:
Horn Book, January 01, 2019
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September 01, 2018
Publishers Weekly, August 13, 2018
Booklist, August 01, 2018
ISBN:
9780385752978
Other Number:
1020310350
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
111529
Call Number:
J F HIA
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
2
# System items in:
2