The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp

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Call Number: Y BOCD Fiction / Appelt, Kathi, Kids BOCD / Fiction / Animals / Appelt, Kathi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown Kids 4-week checkout	Y BOCD Fiction / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids 4-week checkout	Y BOCD Fiction / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids A/V 4-week checkout	Kids BOCD / Fiction / Animals / Appelt, Kathi	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Read by Lyle Lovett.
Raccoon brothers Bingo and J'miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man, the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp, is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts.
Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.

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a swamp where villians are villians submitted by camelsamba on June 19, 2014, 1:16pm Overall, we enjoyed the story. I appreciated the sprinklings of advanced vocabulary words. I loved how the various story lines came together in the climax. And I appreciate how Chap still got the swamp, despite his noble choice to eschew the easy way. The humor and writing style made for good read-aloud (although my son occasionally asked 'does it really say that?' in response to her parentheticals). But the quick cuts between plot lines was distracting and disconcerting (chapters average 3 pages; most chapters switch POV). It took me a while to get into it, but I'm glad we stuck it out. I do wish she'd found / developed a recipe for fried sugar pie, though - I would love to know what was so appealing about i!