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Crocker, Carter
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Twelve-year-old juvenile delinquent Michael discovers the Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels fame in old Lem Gulliver's garden. His efforts to protect the garden's diminutive residents interfere with his attempts to turn his own life around. Michael's struggles bring a compelling, welcome grittiness to the otherwise light fantasy.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
(4)
4-6
Ossie the swamp rat is orphaned when a snake eats his family. He survives only because Uncle Will, the ancient gator, takes him in and teaches him about the swamp. The narrative (by a mole) is wide-ranging and slow moving (sometimes too slow moving), covering swamp society, a fire, and the drought that nearly kills the swamp animals.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
2 reviews
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