Swamplandia! Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2004) author of Simon vs

author of Simon vs

is a lively picture of how the general affected the individual

and then having to tidy your room before you can watch Star Trek

let alone the history of economics

begins to feel worthless

Swamplandia! Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2004) author of Simon vsThe Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in declinethink Buddenbrooks set in the Florida Evergladesand Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a sophisticated competitor known as the "World of Darkness." Ava, a resourceful but terrified twelve year old, must manage seventy gators and the vast, inscrutable landscape of her own grief. Her mother, Swamplandia!s legendary headliner, has just