Skink--No Surrender - Carl Hiaasen

Skink--No Surrender

By Carl Hiaasen

  • Release Date: 2014-09-23
  • Genre: Humor for Young Adults
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 484 Ratings)

Description

Richard's cousin is missing, and his best hope of finding her rests with the wily, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida. Carl Hiaasen introduces his iconic character Skink to a younger audience in this nail-biting adventure!
 
A National Book Award Longlist Selection
 
Classic Malley: her parents are about to ship her off to boarding school, so she takes off with some guy she met online... Poor Richard: he's less of a rebel than Malley, and a lot less trusting. He knows his cousin is in trouble before she does. Wild Skink: he's a ragged, one-eyed, ex-governor of Florida, and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, this unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying bullets, and giant gators.    

In Carl Hiaasen's outrageous, hilarious, and wildly dangerous state of Florida, there are a million places an outlaw might stash a teenage girl. A million unpleasant ways to die. And two who will risk everything to rescue a friend . . . and to, hopefully, exact a bit of swamp justice.

Reviews

  • Skink no surrender

    5
    By breecie1
    This story is an adventure right in my own living room. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a thrill.
  • The legend, the myth, the one and only Skink and the significance of his name.

    5
    By Sasha_Bean
    Great quick read, even though it was meant for younger adults/teenagers, it was worth hearing how the legend’s story wrapped up.
  • Great book

    5
    By hockeysnipa17
    I read this book for summer reading in school a few years back, and I still find myself reading this book. This is a very enjoyable action packed story.
  • Great Job!

    5
    By Bucking Broncos
    I love how there is a book about nature, and then again about a mystery. I love the twists and turns of the book. The detail, the adventure, it makes a perfect suspense!
  • Wow 😱

    5
    By GGN9NE
    Incredible book, I'm 17 and I usually can never read anything thanks to my short attention span , but this book really hooked me. It is definitely an attention grabber 👍🏽
  • Skink book review

    4
    By Ronnie Fiumara
    Skink No surrender was an all around good book! I found this book very interesting in many different ways including its setting and how it was so action packed. There was also a few things that I didn't like about the book. One thing I didn't like about the book is that in this book the author made it seem like Skink was a superhuman, for example Skink got his foot run over by a car and it wasn't that big of a deal to him also he got shot in the chest but he was still fine. Which made it kinda unrealistic, but overall this was a very good book and I rate it 4 out of 5 stars!
  • Good book

    5
    By Qwerty has nuts
    Always good books from Carl.
  • Skink

    5
    By Nichols3
    Very good read
  • Skink No Surrender

    5
    By Dawg 22
    As usual a fun read. This author never disappoints. 5 stars easy.
  • Skink

    4
    By Kat23banditt
    Such a fun book to read, light & playful!

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