Swampland

by S.R. Martin

Book Overview

This book leads a trio of stories about teenagers fighting for survival in a world of genetic mutation and warring scientists. What started with Marvin's innocent crush on the girl next door ends with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043904393X
• ISBN13: 9780439043939
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Swampland

Swampland grabbed me instantly on the first few pages. The story develops quite well with the strange visit to the swamp, Zac explaining about the twins, and the creepy end. One thing I didn't like was that it was so short. But that's only a minor detail. In the future, though, I hope S.R. Martin writes longer books. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to be suprised.

Childish but entertaining

This book grabbed me from page one. Working in a book-store, I have access to thousands of books and find some very interesting titles. While towards the end it started to slink towards childish fantasy it still remained alot with the more mature ending. While it was not quite what I expected, it was definately a good quick read, you could easily finish it in a lunch hour, being only 103 pages long. Martin employs a very chilling descriptive sense and is truely gifted when it comes to the gross details. The book was described as suitable for young adults, but some of the details and the notions behind it led me to believe that he is more than capable of writing much more adult natured fiction. I eagerly await his delvings into more mature writing, targetted at adults.

Swampland

In this frightening book, a chubby fifteen year old meets a weird family that is just moving in. They are very unusual, the older sister a very good runner with lots of rings on her face. The younger twins are even more peculiar, having bulgy eyes, flat faces, silvery gray hair-looking not much unlike the fish in their swamp nearby. One day, Marvin and his physically disabled brother go down to the swamp suspicious of what the twins are up to. What they find is amazing. The twins......seem to have the ability to stay underwater for extended periods of time and......are breeding! To read more of this melodramatic story, and see what being scared really is, get it!

An Excellent Book

This book that starts the series of The Swampland Trilogy is an excellent one. The new neighbor's who move in next door to Marvin, a chubby 15 year old kid, have twins. There is something about them though. And Marvin is curious. So he goes down to the swamp, and finds them there. And what he, and his brother, Zac, find out abouth the twins, will change everything forever.

An awesome science fiction/horror story.

Swampland is a great book for teens who like science fiction and horror combined. Marvin's a pretty ordinary kid who lives with his brother and parents in a small town. An unusual family moves in next door, and Marvin gets a crush on the girl, prompting him to follow her into the swamp, where he discovers a terrible secret about her that could change everything. This was a pretty graphic book, so if you don't like that stuff, don't read it. Otherwise, I highly reccomend it.