In Skink: No Surrender, Carl Hiaasen's latest book, fourteen
year old Richard is the only one who sees through his cousin Malley’s ruse. She
told her parents she was leaving for boarding school but she left the airport
and got into a car with a strange man she met on the internet. She begged
Richard not to tell, but when he met a strange old man on the beach—one with
bird beaks in his beard, a missing eye, and picture perfect teeth—he spills the
story. He’s worried about Malley, although she claims she’s having an
adventure.
The
seemingly crazy old man, who turns out to be ex-governor Clint Tyree, is
assumed to be dead. He tells he’ll help Richard track down his cousin, and with
some behind the scenes help from a retired Florida Highway Patrol trooper, they
locate Malley. As usual in Hiassen’s books, there are colorful characters, wild
animals, and nature at odds with man. This is Hiassen’s first young adult book,
but all fans of Hiassen will want to read Skink’s latest adventure.
Skink: no surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Death of a Liar by M.C. Beaton
Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for your Cat by Jackson Galaxy
Lady Parts by Andrea Martin
Rancher Rescue by Barb Han
The Rome Affair by Addison Fox
Scene of the Crime: Baton Rouge by Carla Cassidy
When No One is Watching by Natalie Charles
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
Alive at 5 by Linda Bond
Dead on Arrival by Lori Avocato
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