Nine Man Tree - Softcover

Peck, Robert Newton

 
9780375802508: Nine Man Tree

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Set in the Florida swampland of the 1930s, Yoolee Tharp is learning important lessons about life in his rugged environment, thus when his father goes missing, Yoolee feels up to the challenge to care for and protect his family from any harm that may come their way. Reprint.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Newton Peck's first novel was the highly acclaimed A Day No Pigs Would Die. He has written more than sixty books, including the sequel, A Part of the Sky, and he is also the winner of the Mark Tvain Award for his Soup series of children's books. Many of his novels are deeply rooted in rural Vermont, where he grew up.

Rob plays jazz and ragtime piano, and tends eleven mustang horses and two cats. He and his wife, Sam, reside in Florida, the setting for Nine Man Tree.

Aus dem Klappentext

Florida swampland, young Yoolee Tharp is fast becoming a man. His ongoing mission is to protect his little sister, Havilah, and his mother, Ruth Ann, from the violent rages of his hard-drinking father, Velmer.

Then another unspeakable horror enters the Tharps' lives when their tiny Everglades settlement is stalked by an enormous killer beast. When Yoolee's father disappears, it's up to Yoolee to protect his family once again, aided only by his wits and courage--and a mysterious stranger.

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