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Skink–No Surrender

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen

By Carl Hiaasen
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By Carl Hiaasen
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Dec 01, 2015 | ISBN 9780307930590 | Young Adult

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Sep 23, 2014 | 470 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Skink–No Surrender

    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.

    About Skink–No Surrender

    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.

    About Skink–No Surrender

    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.

    About Skink–No Surrender

    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.

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    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction

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    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction

    … More about Carl Hiaasen

    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction

    … More about Carl Hiaasen

    About Carl Hiaasen

    CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the bestsellers Squeeze Me, Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and Lucky You, and six bestselling children’s books, Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, Skink, and Squirm. His most recent work of nonfiction

    … More about Carl Hiaasen

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Ember
    Dec 01, 2015 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307930590

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 23, 2014 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375870514

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 23, 2014 | 288 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307974068

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 23, 2014 | 470 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780804166898

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    Praise

    “The book itself is just a wonder, part love poem about the Florida wilds, part road-trip novel, and part thriller. The second half of the book is a nail-biter to rival Cape Fear. I love Hiaasen for adults. I love Hiaasen for kids. But most of all, I love this Hiaasen, which brings the two writers together in one book.”  –Cory Doctorow

    “Skink and Richard make quite a dangerous and entertaining duo in a story that careens perfectly from one crazy situation to the next. Reluctant readers (especially guys) will surrender themselves to this page turner. Cross your fingers that we haven’t seen the last of Skink!” — Booklist, starred

    “If you were pursuing your cousin’s kidnapper across Florida, you would want a man like Skink at your side. Maybe.” — Kirkus Reviews

    “Skink is larger than life…. A presence to be reckoned with.” — The Horn Book

    “A high stakes, action-packed comedy with a lot of heart.” —VOYA

    Awards

    National Book Award NOMINEE 2014

    Amazon Best of the Year SELECTION

    American Library Association’s YALSA Quick Pick SELECTION

    Arizona Young Readers Master List SELECTION

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION

    Indie Next SELECTION

    Junior Library Guild Selection SELECTION

    Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Master List SELECTION

    Time Magazine Best ChildrenÂ’s Books of the Year SELECTION

    SIBA Book Award FINALIST

    National Book Award for Young People’s Literature LONGLIST

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