From Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen comes this New York
Times bestseller set in Florida's Everglades in which an
eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas
oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off panther
can’t stop two kids on a mission to find their missing
teacher.
Grange, Florida, is famous for its miracles--the weeping fiberglass
Madonna, the Road-Stain Jesus, the stigmata man. And now it has
JoLayne Lucks, unlikely winner of the state lottery.
Unfortunately, JoLayne's winning ticket isn't the only one.
Unfortunately, JoLayne's winning ticket isn't the only one.
When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on
the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be
carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance,
not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind. Idealistic, independently
wealthy and pathologically short-tempered, Twilly has dedicated
himself to saving Florida's wilderness from runaway destruction.
