Category: Children Publisher: Taylor & Seale
ISBN-10: 1943789959
Type: Fiction
Pages: 171
Copyright: October 3, 2018
ISBN-13: 9781943789955
Price: $14.95 (eBook)
An historical middle grade novel set in Florida in the 1960s, it features a ten-year-old protagonist nicknamed Sassy who gets a summer job at an animal park. SEMI-FINALIST FOR FWA ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD! WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT OCTOBER BANQUET IN ORLANDO!
Abby McDowell often tests her mother's patience with her tomboyish ways but her father, a fishing guide in Homosassa, Florida encourages her independence and cheers her on when she gets a summer job at an animal attraction, which is now the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
Excerpt
..."Just then I see a little boy on the feeding platform for the alligators. He's not supposed to be there without an adult. I look around and see a small group of visitors on the other side watching Lucifer. No one seems to notice the kid who is now climbing to peer over the railing. Below, fifty alligators are looking for their next meal...."
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