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Blackwater Swamp
By Wallace, Bill
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-120-7
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1994
Gr 3-6 A fifth-grade boy living in a small Louisiana town narrates this story of adventure and mystery. The ingredients include a spooky swamp, a mysterious old "witch" woman, and a rash of unsolved break-ins and robberies. A subplot is Ted's struggle to find an appropriate friend in his new town. Jimmy, interesting but also rude and ill-behaved, accompanies him to spy on the witch, who has a shack on an island in Blackwater Swamp. The plot turns ugly when Jimmy's redneck cousin Bubba leads a crew of his friends, lynch-mob style, to burn out...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
