The Resource Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
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The item Swamplandia!, Karen Russell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Swamplandia!, Karen Russell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve year old, must battle to save it. After the death of her beautiful and legendary mother, Swamplandia, Ava.s island home in the Florida Everglades, is under threat from a nearby competitor
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Swamplandia!
- Title
- Swamplandia!
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen Russell
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Everglades (Fla.) -- Fiction
- trueMissing teenage girls
- trueGirls
- trueQuests
- trueFamily relationships
- trueMother-separated families
- trueTen Thousand Islands, Florida
- trueMagical realism
- trueSwamps
- trueAlligators
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueEverglades, Florida
- trueGrief in teenage girls
- trueAmusement parks
- Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction
- Alligators -- Florida -- Fiction
- trueMothers -- Death
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve year old, must battle to save it. After the death of her beautiful and legendary mother, Swamplandia, Ava.s island home in the Florida Everglades, is under threat from a nearby competitor
- Summary
- The Bigtree children struggle to protect their Florida Everglades alligator-wrestling theme park from a sophisticated competitor after losing their parents
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2012.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book 2011
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 377341
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1981-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Russell, Karen
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Alligators
- Mothers
- Quests (Expeditions)
- Everglades (Fla.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
- Control code
- 000049584903
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 315 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780099555834
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Label
- Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
- Control code
- 000049584903
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 315 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780099555834
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAlligators
- Alligators -- Florida -- Fiction
- trueAmusement parks
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Everglades (Fla.) -- Fiction
- trueEverglades, Florida
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGirls
- trueGrief in teenage girls
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMagical realism
- trueMissing teenage girls
- trueMother-separated families
- trueMothers -- Death
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- trueQuests
- Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction
- trueSwamps
- trueTen Thousand Islands, Florida
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMagical realism
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2012
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Fiction for Young Adults: 2011
- trueMagical Realism
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2011
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2011
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