| Meely LaBauve Contributor(s): Wells, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 037575816X ISBN-13: 9780375758164 Publisher: Random House Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. Not since Huck Finn rafted down the Mississippi has there been a coming-of-age story like this, told in such an utterly authentic unlettered American voice. From a charming encounter with first love in the Canciennes' corn patch to an adventurous paddle through wild and timeless places little explored, Ken Wells has cooked up a zesty gumbo of a book--rich, poignant, and often hilarious. * An American Library Association/YALSA best book of the year |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99036281 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.19" W x 8" (0.62 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Topical - Cajun - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 58984 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. Not since Huck Finn rafted down the Mississippi has there been a coming-of-age story like this, told in such an utterly authentic unlettered American voice. From a charming encounter with first love in the Canciennes' corn patch to an adventurous paddle through wild and timeless places little explored, Ken Wells has cooked up a zesty gumbo of a book--rich, poignant, and often hilarious. * An American Library Association/YALSA best book of the year |