Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key

Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key

Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key is a harrowing survival story set in a gripping, man vs. nature situation.

"This is Hatchet for the post-Katrina generation, and it's sure to find an audience." --Booklist

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 all his 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 is a thrilling survivalist story by Watt Key, the author of Alabama Moon, Dirt Road Home, and Hideout.

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Watt Key is an award-winning southern fiction author who writes under the pen name Albert Watkins Key, Jr. He grew up in southern Alabama and now resides there with his wife and family. Watt spent most of his time hunting and fishing in Alabama's forests, which served as the inspiration for his first novel, Alabama Moon, which was released to critical acclaim in 2006. Alabama Moon took home the E.B. White Award in 2007. The book won the White Read-Aloud Award, was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time, and has been translated into seven languages.