Author

Publication

2000 - Random House, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

61,000 words, Guess

Page Count

244 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing227183
  • Goodreads527463

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3573.E4923 M44 2000

Description

"Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. His father is an alligator hunter, still unable to cope with the death of his wife eight years earlier. He finds comfort in bottles of hooch and with companionable women and disappears for days at a time. School, for Meely, is a long, dusty walk away in a place where truancy isn't a top priority. "Up at Catahoula School, we've got all the grades. I'm in ninth when I'm in anything," says Meely, But the law has it out for Meely's dad; and Junior Guidry, nephew of a rogue cop and a bully himself, considers badgering Meely his favorite sport. When the LaBauves find themselves in the law's sights, it takes baseball bats, fire ants, flying alligators, an unidentified body, and a lot of fast thinking to set things right."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • Meely LaBauve: a novelRandom House2000-01-01

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