64 pages • 2 hours read
Terror at Bottle Creek
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Overview
Watt Key’s 2016 children’s adventure novel, Terror at Bottle Creek, follows a group of children as they attempt to survive a hurricane that strikes the swamps and rivers of Alabama. This study guide uses the first edition published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers in 2016.
Plot Summary
Cort is 13 years old and lives with his father on a riverboat in Alabama, along with his cherished dog, Catfish. His father works as a river guide and his mother separated from him six months ago, moving into town no longer satisfied with a life on the swamps. Cort’s father is still trying to win her back, but Cort is angry with her and does not want to see her again.
The family’s houseboat is moored on the land of the Stovall family: Linda and her two daughters, Liza and Francie. Liza is in Cort’s class at school and Cort is starting to realize he has a crush on her, although he is worried because they have been friends since they were children and he does not want to make things difficult between them. He is also concerned that, like his mother, Liza would not be interested in someone who lives and works on the river.
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