Meely LaBauve Paperback by Ken Wells

Product Details

• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2001-08-14)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780375758164
• Item Weight: 223.74 grams
• Dimensions: 20.29 x 13.23 x 1.52 cm

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

About the Author

Ken Wells is a senior writer and features editor for page one of The Wall Street Journal. In 1982, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for The Miami Herald. He lives with his family outside Manhattan.