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The Missing Manatee

by Cynthia DeFelice

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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.

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Cynthia DeFelice

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Members: 320
Popularity: 99,196
Reviews: 3
Rating: ½ (4.29)

Languages: English
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 11
ASINs: 2

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Published: 2005
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Kids
DDC/MDS: 470
LCC: PZ7 .D3597 .M

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35 Works 4,610 Members

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