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Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
From the Hardcover edition.
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.
But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.
And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture.
That's life in the swamp, kids.
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Zany, fast-moving and humorous, Scat is a compelling eco-thriller (The Bookseller)
Fast, frenetic fun (Financial Times)
An enjoyable and terrifically paced read (School Librarian)
A real nail-biting eco-thriller setting the can-do optimism of youth against the greed of the baddies (Carousel)
An exciting, unputdownable read (Primary Times)
As ever with Hiaasen, rambunctious humour and twisted, French-farce plotting make the book a joy to read (Financial Times)
Like PG Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett, Carl Hiaasen always returns to the same fictional - or semi-fictionalised - world, but manages to unearth an apparently endless supply of convoluted plots and entertaining characters with improbable names ... a funny and furiously fast-moving noel populated by engaging characters and fuelled by a strong sense of moral outrage (The Guardian)
Carl Hiaasen is a supremely entertaining writer whose novels also bear a timely message ... all the Hiaasen trademarks are there: wit ... an abiding belief in the power of the individual to alter things, and an instinct for ingenious plotting that never lets him down (The Independent)
[Scat] has cult appeal. Zany, fast-moving and humourous, Scat is a compelling eco-thriller with crossover appeal. Drawing on and disrupting crime, mystery, comedy and adventure conventions, it has something to suit all tastes (Jacob Hope THE BOOKSELLER)
SCAT, by veteran crime heavyweight Carl Hiaasen is a great choice for the eco-aware... Hiaasen manages to tackle big themes such as conservation and the Iraq war without being patronising. (Laura Kelly BIG ISSUE SCOTLAND)
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Fast, frenetic fun (Financial Times)
An enjoyable and terrifically paced read (School Librarian)
A real nail-biting eco-thriller setting the can-do optimism of youth against the greed of the baddies (Carousel)
An exciting, unputdownable read (Primary Times)
As ever with Hiaasen, rambunctious humour and twisted, French-farce plotting make the book a joy to read (Financial Times)
Like PG Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett, Carl Hiaasen always returns to the same fictional - or semi-fictionalised - world, but manages to unearth an apparently endless supply of convoluted plots and entertaining characters with improbable names ... a funny and furiously fast-moving noel populated by engaging characters and fuelled by a strong sense of moral outrage (The Guardian)
Carl Hiaasen is a supremely entertaining writer whose novels also bear a timely message ... all the Hiaasen trademarks are there: wit ... an abiding belief in the power of the individual to alter things, and an instinct for ingenious plotting that never lets him down (The Independent)
[Scat] has cult appeal. Zany, fast-moving and humourous, Scat is a compelling eco-thriller with crossover appeal. Drawing on and disrupting crime, mystery, comedy and adventure conventions, it has something to suit all tastes (Jacob Hope THE BOOKSELLER)
SCAT, by veteran crime heavyweight Carl Hiaasen is a great choice for the eco-aware... Hiaasen manages to tackle big themes such as conservation and the Iraq war without being patronising. (Laura Kelly BIG ISSUE SCOTLAND)
An hilarious eco-thriller set in Florida and featuring a nightmare teacher, a boy on a mission, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, and a motherless panther cub.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0375934863
- ISBN 13 9780375934865
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages371
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