Meely LaBauve
Title | Meely LaBauve PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Wells |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2002-01-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1588361012 |
Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. His father is an alligator hunter, still unable to cope with the death of his wife eight years earlier. He finds comfort in bottles of hooch and with companionable women and disappears for days at a time. School, for Meely, is a long, dusty walk away in a place where truancy isn't a top priority. "Up at Catahoula School, we've got all the grades. I'm in ninth when I'm in anything," says Meely. But the law has it out for Meely's dad; and Junior Guidry, nephew of a rogue cop and a bully himself, considers badgering Meely his favorite sport. When the LaBauves find themselves in the law's sights, it takes baseball bats, fire ants, flying alligators, an unidentified body, and a lot of fast thinking to set things right. Not since Huck Finn rafted down the Mississippi has there been a coming-of-age story like this, told in such an utterly authentic, unlettered American voice. From a charming encounter with first love in the Canciennes' corn patch to an adventurous paddle through wild and timeless places little explored, Ken Wells has cooked up a zesty gumbo of a book--rich, poignant, and often hilarious.
Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001
Title | Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001 PDF eBook |
Author | Agnes Regan Perkins |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 2004-03-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0313061505 |
Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books for young adults. These books received major awards between 1997 and 2001, reflect the voices of 242 different authors, and range from new to familiar themes. Included are nearly 750 alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, authors, characters, and settings. Many of these books were originally written for adults but have become popular among younger readers. Entries for works provide plot summaries and critical assessments, while author entries focus on those aspects of the writers' lives most relevant to literature for young people. The reference is a valuable selection tool for librarians and teachers and a useful guide for students.
Rascal
Title | Rascal PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Wells |
Publisher | Yearling |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Boys |
ISBN | 0375866515 |
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Logan's Storm
Title | Logan's Storm PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Wells |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2013-01-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1588361918 |
The capstone of Ken Wells’s acclaimed Catahoula Bayou trilogy, Logan’s Storm tracks the epic journey of Logan LaBauve as he flees corrupt cops while trying to lead Chilly Cox—the teenager whose “crime” was rescuing Logan’s son, Meely, from a racist bully—to safety. But dodging two-footed predators deep in the Cajun backwaters turns out to be the easy part. As Logan, accompanied by a newfound love interest, heads to Florida to lie low, a killer hurricane springs from the Gulf—and lives are suddenly on the line. Wells writes with Twain’s flair for adventure and Welty’s sense of place, making Logan’s Storm a trip through the heart and soul of a singular American character.
Junior's Leg
Title | Junior's Leg PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Wells |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2001-09-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1588360245 |
Fifteen years after he tormented fellow students at Catahoula Bayou School, Junior Guidry is broke, drunk, one-legged, and living in a wreck of a trailer on the edge of a snake-infested swamp. He's survived an oil-rig accident that would've killed most men but, with the help of a good lawyer, made him rich instead. But he's squandered his fortune on drink, blackjack, womanizing, and brawling, leaving a wake of wrecked cars and friendships, not to mention lost or stolen wooden legs. Then the mysterious Iris Mary Parfait enters his life. She's on the run from a tragic childhood and a bad, bad man. When news reaches Junior that a bar owner with Mob connections has posted a $100,000 bounty on Iris's head because she knows too much about him, Junior realizes he could regain his fortune—but at what cost? Narrated in Junior's unvarnished voice, Junior's Leg takes the reader on a singular journey through the mind of a troubled man. It is at turns unsettling, ribald, sexy, and poignant—a bold stroke of storytelling that ultimately plumbs the possibilities of love and redemption, even for as unlikely a candidate as Junior.
The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business St
Title | The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business St PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Martin |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2010-07-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451603649 |
The indispensable resource that has helped the writers and editors of The Wall Street Journal earn a reputation for the most authoritative business writing anywhere -- now fully expanded and revised for the twenty-first century In the field of business, the words you use -- and how you use them -- can either bolster your credibility or undermine your intelligence. For anyone who is faced with the task of writing a memo, report, proposal, press release or even an e-mail, The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage is an invaluable one-stop resource. Originally intended exclusively for use by the paper's staff, the book is organized in a user-friendly A to Z format, with appropriate cross-referencing, that helps you solve almost any question of spelling, grammar, punctuation or word definition. For those seeking a competitive edge for succeeding in the world of business, The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage is the definitive reference to keep close to your desk -- the last word for everyone who works with words.
Meely Labauve
Title | Meely Labauve PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Wells |
Publisher | Everbind |
Pages | |
Release | 2009-07-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780784815311 |
A novel for secondary school English classes with great writing and important themes.