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Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.
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A short and expert first novel.
Wells makes a lively fiction debut with this affectionate slice of Louisiana bayou life....Meely's Cajun-spiced charisma never flags.
"Do yourself a favor and become acquainted with Emile LaBauve... a cross between Huck Finn & Oliver Twist, with south Louisiana accent and a backwoods attitude... There's a major talent at work here."
--The Denver Post
"[A] short and expert first novel... not only funny but infused with Wells's deep love of Cajun patois."
--The New York Times Book Review
"[An] endearing debut"
--The Washington Post Book World
"Wells makes a lively fiction debut with this affectionate slice of Louisiana bayou life... Meely's Cajun-spiced charisma never flags."
--Entertainment Weekly
"[Meely is] a cross between Huck Finn and Oliver Twist, which a South Louisiana accent and a backwoods attitude....There's a major talent at work here."
--Booklist
"Often laugh-out-loud funny [but] Wells has carved a sincere and courageous portrait of a boy becoming a man."
--Bookpage
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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
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Meely LaBauve : A Novel
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Meely LaBauve
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Meely LaBauve, Large Print
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Thorndike Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0786230231
ISBN 13: 9780786230235
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Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Large print; ex-library w/usual markings, tiny bump to top edge of rear cover; 309 pages. Seller Inventory # F1811
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