The Missing Manatee

By Cynthia C. DeFelice

Book Overview

While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of spring break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374312575
• ISBN13: 9780374312572
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 0.8" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

The Missing Manatee

Will DetwilerThe Missing Manatee Mr. Pollock English 8, Period 4 10 December 2009 The Missing Manatee The Missing Manatee was a very engaging and enthusiastic book. Once I started I could not put it down. It was written by Cynthia Defelice. The plot of the book was very fun to read about. I enjoyed it the whole way through the book. Skeet Waters, the main character, all he wants to do is catch a tarpon. He never gets the chance to though. As he is riding around on his boat he finds a dead manatee. This makes the book very interesting in my opinion. They investigate the scene though out the book. The setting of the book which is in Florida is very important to the book. It set the tone for the whole book. In my opinion this book was very good. I recommend to everyone to give this book a shot, it's good. Even if you're looking for a quick book to hook you on and have an enjoyable read!

An exciting and suspensional story

From a teacher and graduate student's view point, I thought this was an awesome book. It was full of adventure and suspense. Skeet was on a mission and he was going to let nobody stop him. I think this would be an awesome book to use as a teacher read aloud and/or used as a "cliffhanger" activity. His Memaw added a touch of humor to the story which made it even better. Finally, the end had a surprising twist to it and one that I wasn't expecting. This was a very fun story to read.

I Love this book!!!

My reading teacher read this book to my class before my school met Cynthia DeFelice. I was not a person who liked mystery books, until my teatcher read this book to my class. This is a book I recamend for only people that can read a novle. This is a wonderful book.