num_pages: 256
description: Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve is growing up on Catahoula Bayou and living by his wits. 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.* An American Library Association YALSA best book of the year
language: English
title: Meely LaBauve
titlecomplete: Meely LaBauve
genres: Fiction, Humor, Southern, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 513
series: Catahoula Bayou
publisher: Random House