Hiaasen, Carl. Squirm. 2018. Alfred A Knopf, New York.
Billy Dickens is your average, ordinary, everyday teenager. He is in high school. He does okay in school. He really loves snakes.
Point of fact: The kids at school were rummaging through his locker, because the kid who'd had the locker before him had given the combination to everyone in school. Billy put a live rattlesnake in his locker to keep them from messing with his stuff. The snake's mouth was taped shut, so it wasn't like it could actually hurt anyone. But still - the scare factor of finding a live rattlesnake in someone's locker is enough to give a kid a reputation. And a nickname.
At the end of the school year, Billy decides to head out to Montana to see his father. He hasn't actually seen his Dad since he was 3 years old. But still - how else are you going to meet a guy who doesn't want to be met? You surprise him.
Billy books himself a non-refundable flight to Montana, and then tells his mother that he had been in touch with his Dad, and it was okay with Dad.
When Billy arrives in Montana, he discovers his step-mother Lil, a Crow Indian, and his Step-Sister Summer. His father however, is nowhere to be seen. When Billy settles in with Lil and Summer, he discovers that having a second family out in the wilds of Montana is beyond amazing. And then, when Billy discovers that his Dad's job involves the U.S. Government, spy drones, and Grizzly Bears, things begin to get a little bit weird. Billy returns home to Florida, never having met his father, but intrigued nonetheless by what the man says he does.
Things take a decided turn for the strange when his father show up in Florida, along with his drone, his step sister, and a wild tale of illegal game poaching and the man who is determined to bring down the biggest game hunter of them all.
This wild adventure with Billy, Summer and their families will leave you on the edge of your seat until the very last page!
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