The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp

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Call Number: Y Fiction / Appelt, Kathi, Kids Book / Fiction / Animals / General / Appelt, Kathi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Animals / General / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Animals / General / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.

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fun story submitted by camelsamba on June 19, 2014, 1:14pm Overall, we enjoyed the story. I appreciated the sprinklings of advanced vocabulary words. I loved how the various story lines came together in the climax. And I appreciate how Chap still got the swamp, despite his noble choice to eschew the easy way. The humor and writing style made for good read-aloud (although my son occasionally asked 'does it really say that?' in response to her parentheticals). But the quick cuts between plot lines was distracting and disconcerting (chapters average 3 pages; most chapters switch POV). It took me a while to get into it, but I'm glad we stuck it out.

And it loses another star (or half) because it doesn't include a recipe for sugar pie. What is this concoction? Is it kind of like shoo-fly pie, only fried? Or something completely imaginary?