Skink No Surrender (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780375870514)

Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure

A National Book Award Longlist Selection

Classic Malley: her parents are about to ship her off to boarding school, so she takes off with some guy she met online... Poor Richard: he's less of a rebel than Malley, and a lot less trusting. He knows his cousin is in trouble before she does. Wild Skink: he's a ragged, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, this unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators.

In Carl Hiaasen's outrageous, hilarious, and wildly dangerous state of Florida, there are a million places an outlaw might stash a teenage girl. A million unpleasant ways to die. And two who will risk everything to rescue a friend . . . and to, hopefully, exact a bit of swamp justice.

Author: Carl Hiaasen
ISBN-10: 0375870512
ISBN-13: 9780375870514
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 168926 / Skink: No Surrender

Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/23/2014
Booklist 07/01/2014 pg. 83
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 99
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 110
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2014 pg. 157
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average