Swamplandia!
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
ISBN
9780307276681, 0307276686
Lexile measure
900L
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - AdultFICTION RUSSELL, K.On Shelf
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2011.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780307276681, 0307276686
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.3, 20 Points
Lexile measure
900

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General Note
"Vintage contemporaries."
General Note
July 2001" --T.p. verso.
General Note
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York [in different form], in 2010 [i.e. 2011]"--T.p. verso.
Description
This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon by a fearsome and sophisticated competitor called the World of Darkness. Ava's mother, the park's indomitable headliner, has just died; her sister, Ossie, has fallen in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, who may or may not be an actual ghost; and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, who dreams of becoming a scholar, has just defected to the World of Darkness in a last-ditch effort to keep their family business from going under. Ava's father, affectionately known as Chief Bigtree, is AWOL, and that leaves Ava, a resourceful but terrified thirteen, to manage ninety eight gators as well as her own grief. Against a backdrop of hauntingly fecund plant life animated by ancient lizards and lawless hungers, the author has written a novel about a family's struggle to stay afloat in a world that is inexorably sinking.
Target Audience
900L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.3,20,150033.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Russell, K. (2011). Swamplandia! (First Vintage Books edition.). Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Russell, Karen, 1981-. 2011. Swamplandia!. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Russell, Karen, 1981-. Swamplandia! Vintage Books, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Russell, Karen. Swamplandia! First Vintage Books edition., Vintage Books, 2011.

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