Citrus County
By: John Brandon
Series: McSweeney's rectangulars
Publisher: [McSweeney's]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781934781531
Subjects: Junior high school students; Fiction
Description: "There shouldn't be a Citrus County. Teenage romance should be difficult, but not this difficult. Boys like Toby should cause trouble but not this much. The moon should glow gently over children safe in their beds. Uncles in their rockers should be kind. Teachers should guide and inspire. Manatees should laze and palm trees sway and snakes keep to their shady spots under the azalea thickets. The air shouldn't smell like a swamp. The stars should twinkle. Shelby should be her own hero, the first hero of Citrus County. She should rescue her sister from underground, rescue Toby from his life. Her destiny should be a hero's destiny"--From publisher's web site.