Chomp / Carl Hiaasen.
Record details
- ISBN: 0375968423 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 9780375968426 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 0375868275 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780375868276 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0375868429 (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780375868429 (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 0375868275 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780375868276 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0375968423 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 9780375968426 (hardcover library binding)
- ISBN: 0375868429 (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780375868429 (trade hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780375868429
- ISBN: 9780375968426
- ISBN: 0375868429
- ISBN: 9780329966799
- ISBN: 0329966790
- ISBN: 1444006150
- ISBN: 9781444006155
- ISBN: 1451794665 : PBD
- ISBN: 9781451794663 : PBD
- Physical Description: 290 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
Summary, etc.: | When the star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father. |
Target Audience Note: | 5.2 Follett Library Resources. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild Selection. |
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Available copies
- 65 of 67 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 67 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | J HIA (Text) | 33625122757144 | Juvenile Green Dot | Available | - |
Author Notes
Chomp
Carl Hiaasen was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 12, 1953. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Florida in 1974. He has been a reporter and columnist for the Miami Herald since 1976, and is known for exposing scandal and corruption throughout southern Florida. He has received numerous state and national honors for his journalism and commentary including the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines including Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Time, Life, Esquire and Gourmet. His best-selling novels include Double Whammy, Skin Tight, Native Tongue, Stormy Weather, Lucky You, Sick Puppy, Basket Case, Nature Girl and Razor Girl. His 1993 novel, Striptease, was adapted as a film in 1996 starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. He also writes children's books including Hoot, which was awarded a Newbery Honor; Flush; and Scat. Hoot was adapted into a film in 2006. His non-fiction works include Team Rodent; The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport; and two collections of his newspaper columns entitled Kick Ass and Paradise Screwed. In 2013 his titles Chomp and Bad Monkey made The New York Times bestseller list. In 2014, his non-fiction title Dance of the Reptiles made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Skink - No Surrender made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)