Swamplandia! By Karen Russell Bluey ”—Ted Allen

”—Ted Allen

Memories from her childhood flood back

half self-aware satire

An elderly woman silently drowns herself

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR

Swamplandia! By Karen Russell Bluey ”—Ted AllenNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The bravely imagined, wildly acclaimed debut novel from the author of Vampires in the Lemon Groveabout a thirteen year old girl who sets out on a mission through magical swamps to save her family. "Ms. Russell is one in a million. A suspensfuly, deeply haunted book." The New York Times Thirteen year old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her familys island home and gator wrestling