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“One day we were getting on the school bus to go home when Dad’s big grey Chevy pulled up.  That was a surprise; Dad never picked us up from school.  We ran to the car and crawled in the back seat, expecting a ride home.  But we didn’t go home.  Instead we drove out of town.  Jack spotted a bandage on Dad’s right hand with some blood seeping through over the knuckles.”

Hi, this is Betsy from Otto’s.  If you know a middle grade reluctant reader, you couldn’t pick anything better to get him hooked on books than Jim Arnosky’s The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp.  Two kids, who know the truth about their little brother’s accidental death, are whisked out of town and out of state by their abusive, alcoholic father.  They escape and head for a remote wilderness area on the Florida Keys where the man-eating crocodiles should keep their father from pursuing them.  Now all they have to do is use the younger brother’s survival skills (and the cash they lifted from their Dad’s wallet) to stay alive in Crocodile Swamp!  The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp.  You’ll find it at Otto’s, 'a booklover’s paradise in the heart of Downtown Williamsport.'

The Pirates of Crocodile Swamp (Hardcover)

By Jim Arnosky

$15.99

ISBN-13: 9780399250682
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Juvenile, 03/01/2009

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