Summary
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 Bl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444000597 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444000594 |
| Author: | Carl Hiaasen |
| Publisher: | Hachette Children's Group |
| Imprint: | Orion Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
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.
A brilliant, fast-moving eco-aware thriller - LOVEREADING4KIDS
Hiaasen fans will love this book and newcomers will be hooked by this entertaining thriller. - SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - John MillenWe 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 URCHINSCarl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he lives today with his family. He has written many books, but this is his first young adult title to be published in the UK. He writes a weekly column for the Miami Herald.
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