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- Orion Children's Books
- Orion Children's Books
Interest age: from c 12 years, Fiction, Children's Fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage)
An hilarious eco-thriller set in Florida featuring a nightmare teacher, a boy on a mission, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, and a motherless panther cub.
When Mrs Starch, the most feared biology teacher in Florida, goes missing during a school trip to the Black Vine Swamp, her class is secretly relieved.
The school principal tries to cover it up as a 'family emergency', but Nick and Marta just aren't convinced. They think it's much more likely to have something to do with Smoke, the local troublemaker - whose run-ins with Mrs Starch are infamous - and decide to do some investigating of their own.
But there's more going on in Black Vine Swamp than either one of them could guess. And Nick and Marta must see off an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a crooked oil prospector, a singing substitute teacher, and an angry Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
Praise for Scat
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A brilliant, fast-moving eco-aware thriller - LOVEREADING4KIDS
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Hiaasen fans will love this book and newcomers will be hooked by this entertaining thriller. - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - John Millen
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We missed this in hardback last year but have been gripped by the paperback version just out. Eco aware page-turning thriller with scary teachers, oil prospectors and a panther on the loose. - ANGELS AND URCHINS
Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. His previous novels include the bestselling Nature Girl, Star Island, Bad Monkey and Razor Girl, and three bestselling children's books, Hoot, Flush and Scat. They have been translated into 34 languages, 33 more than he can read or write. Carl Hiaasen also writes an award-winning weekly column for The Miami Herald.
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