Skink No Surrender

By Carl Hiaasen

Part of the Skink Series series

A missing cousin, a rogue ex-governor, and a wild rescue mission in Florida's dangerous swamps.

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281 pages

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Bookroo's summary

When Malley vanishes with a stranger, her cousin Richard teams up with Skink, a one-eyed ex-governor, to find her. As they navigate Florida's perilous swamps, facing storms, wild animals, and bullets, they must outsmart danger at every turn. Can this unlikely duo rescue Malley before it's too late, or will the swamps claim another victim? Dive into a thrilling adventure where justice is as murky as the waters they traverse.

From the publisher

Richard’s cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure! A National Book Award Longlist Selection Classic Malley: her parents are about to ship her off to boarding school, so she takes off with some guy she met online… Poor Richard: he’s less of a rebel than Malley, and a lot less trusting. He knows his cousin is in trouble before she does. Wild Skink: he’s a ragged, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, this unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators. In Carl Hiaasen’s outrageous, hilarious, and wildly dangerous state of Florida, there are a million places an outlaw might stash a teenage girl. A million unpleasant ways to die. And two who will risk everything to rescue a friend . . . and to, hopefully, exact a bit of swamp justice.

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