Terror at Bottle Creek, Hardcover
Descriere
Read the story Booklist calls ""Hatchet for the post-Katrina generation"" In this gritty, realistic wilderness adventure, thirteen-year-old Cort is caught in a battle against a Gulf Coast hurricane. Cort's father is a local expert on hunting and swamp lore in lower Alabama who has been teaching his son everything he knows. But when a deadly Category 3 storm makes landfall, Cort must unexpectedly put his all skills-and bravery-to the test. One catastrophe seems to lead to another, leaving Cort and two neighbor girls to face the storm as best they can. Amid miles of storm-thrashed wetlands filled with dangerous, desperate wild animals, it's up to Cort to win-or lose-the fight for their lives. This title has Common Core connections.
Despre autor
Albert Watkins Key Jr., care scrie sub numele de Watt Key și Albert Key, este un autor american de ficțiune, cunoscut pentru scrierea de romane de supraviețuire pentru tineret. Resident în Alabama, romanul său de debut, „Alabama Moon”, a fost publicat de Farrar, Straus and Giroux în 2006 și a câștigat în 2007 Premiul E.B. White pentru Lectură cu Voce Tare destinat cititorilor mai mari.
