Author

Publication

2017 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Better World BooksO7-AEV-184
  • Better World Books9780374304829
  • Better World BooksO6-COO-584
  • Open LibraryOL27226826M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.K516Hi 2017

Description

In this riveting middle-grade adventure, the son of a Mississippi policeman finds a boy living on his own in the wilderness. Twelve-year-old Sam has been given a fishing boat by his father, but he hates fishing. Instead he uses the boat to disappear for hours at a time, exploring the forbidden swampy surroundings of his bayou home. Then he discovers a strange kid named Davey, mysteriously alone, repairing an abandoned cabin deep in the woods. Not fooled by the boy s evasive explanation as to why he s on his own, Sam becomes entangled in his own efforts to help Davey. But this leads him to telling small lies that only get bigger as the danger increases for both boys and hidden truths become harder to conceal.

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Places

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