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The Cottonmouth Club - A Novel - cover

The Cottonmouth Club - A Novel

Lance Marcum

Maison d'édition: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Synopsis

Summertime and the livin' ain't easySchool's finally out, and eleven-year-old Mitch Valentine is ready to get started on his extensive list of things to do with his best friend - until his mom ruins everything with a surprise announcement. The family is going to take a long trip halfway  across the country, to stay with her family down South. Mitch's reluctant summer visit to sweltering farm country tests him in  all sorts of ways, starting with his sense of humor. Pitkin, Louisiana, turns out to be a place filled with challenges and dangers, from rope burns to raging bulls.In this vivid and funny first novel, Mitch discovers that it's his  own bad decisions that can make for the biggest challenges and dangers of all.
Disponible depuis: 10/05/2005.
Longueur d'impression: 341 pages.

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