Drowning Days - Pritchett, Muriel Ellis

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Résumé :
Luke is the coolest sixth grader at Benjamin Wright Middle School. But when his dad dies unexpectedly-leaving the family penniless-his world is turned upside down. Forced to move with his family to Grandma's house on Blackbeard Creek in the marsh, Luke must adjust to a strange, new life on the Georgia coast. In addition to the stress of being the new kid in school, Luke finds himself constantly teased and bullied by his mean cousin Buck. Just when he thinks life can't get much worse, Luke almost drowns on a cold, moonless night while mullet jumping. Then, after Luke and Buck get into a fight on the school bus, their principal takes them to his primitive island for the weekend to work out their issues. Unfortunately, the boys and their principal get kidnapped by wild-hog-poaching pirates. Luke and Buck know their families can't afford to pay any amount of ransom money. Will they be able to set aside their differences long enough to save themselves and their principal, and escape from Little Pirates Island?...

Biographie:
Muriel Ellis Pritchett is the author of four books about feisty older women and one YA paranormal thriller.Muriel spent part of her honeymoon in Crescent, Georgia, with her new husband's coastal cousins. There on Blackbeard Creek, she learned to pick a crab for her dinner and went mullet jumping on a moonless night. She loves tidal creeks, the smell of the marsh, smoked mullet, throwing out a shrimp net, emptying a crab box, and sailing around Georgia's barrier islands.Muriel and her husband enjoy traveling, eating good chocolate, and all things Disney....

Sommaire:
Georgia author Muriel Ellis Pritchett was born and raised in the City of Atlanta. Her long career in journalism and public relations, included work as a daily newspaper reporter, a magazine writer and editor, a local playwright, and communications director. After she retired, Muriel's doctor told her to get a hobby, so she decided to give fiction writing a try.Muriel is the author of four novels in the Feisty Women's Fiction book series, a YA paranormal, a MG coming-of-age/adventure book, and a MG science fiction/alien adventure book. She enjoys visiting schools and talking to students, speaking at book clubs, presenting programs at libraries, and signing books at author events....