Title:
St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves / by Karen Russell.
ISBN:
9780307263988
9780307276674
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, 2006.
Physical Description:
246 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Ava wrestles the alligator -- Haunting Olivia -- Z.Z.'s sleep-away camp for disordered dreamers -- Star-gazer's log of summer-time crime -- from Children's reminiscences of the westward migration -- Lady Yeti and the palace of artificial snows -- City of shells -- Out to sea -- Accident brief, occurrence # 00/442 -- St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves.
Summary:
These ten glittering short stories take us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here, wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns; a family makes its living wrestling alligators in a theme park; and little girls sail away on crab shells.-- Adapted from back cover.
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OCLC Number:
ocm65644807
Availability:
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