Terror at Bottle Creek

By Watt Key

Book Overview

Read the story Booklist calls "Hatchet for the post-Katrina generation"

In this gritty, realistic wilderness adventure, thirteen-year-old Cort is caught in a battle against a Gulf Coast hurricane. Cort's father is a local expert on hunting and swamp lore in lower Alabama who has been teaching his son everything he knows. But when a deadly Category 3 storm makes landfall, Cort must unexpectedly put his all skills-and bravery-to the test. One catastrophe seems to lead to another, leaving Cort and two neighbor girls to face the storm as best they can. Amid miles of storm-thrashed wetlands filled with dangerous, desperate wild animals, it's up to Cort to win-or lose-the fight for their lives.

This title has Common Core connections.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374374309
• ISBN13: 9780374374303
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Plan to read from page one to the last page because you won't want to put it down.

Thirteen year old Cort is surely put to the test of everything he has learned from his father about the life in the swamps. The detail puts you right into the heart of the story as if you are there. Captivating, exhilarating, suspenseful, heartwarming.