Golden Archer Award
2013 · Middle/Junior High · Nominee
About This Book
Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a family emergency, Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a family emergency, Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
Awards
Golden Sower Award
2013 · Young Adult · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2012 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2012 · Teen · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2012 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2012 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2012 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2012 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2011 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Teen Award
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2011 · Children's Book · Honor Book
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2011 · Junior Book · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2011 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2011 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Grammy Award (Spoken Word)
2010 · Child. Spoken Word Album · Nominee
Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize
2010 · Children's · Finalist
SIBA Book Award
2010 · Children's · Finalist
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2010 · Junior Book · Nominee
Grammy Award (Spoken Word)
2009 · Child. Spoken Word Album · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2009 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
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