The tale of the swamp rat
By: Carter Crocker, illustrated by the author.
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Rats -- Fiction; Swamp animals -- Fiction; Coming of age -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Droughts -- Fiction; Swamp ecology -- Fiction; Ecology -- Fiction; Florida -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Guided by an ancient alligator, a silent young rat learns to find his own way in the drought-stricken swamp, despite having been orphaned under circumstances that sometimes cause other animals to reject him.