swamps

When their scientist father moves them to a new home next to a swamp, Kelli and Shawn hear stories about a terrifying, ancient beast that inhabits the muck and the pair try to convince their father to move them out before it strikes.

A teenaged girl and her boyfriend must find her older brother after he wanders into their town's swamp and a mysterious girl appears in his place.

"Thirteen-year-old 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 Gulf Coast hurricane makes landfall, Cort must unexpectedly put his all skills--and bravery--to the test"--Provided by publisher.

"Candy Pickens has been obsessed with the swamp lore of her tiny Louisiana town forever. Name any ghostly swamp figure and Candy will recite the entire tale in a way that will curl your toes and send chills up your spine. That doesn't mean Candy's a believer, however. But with swamp haunts appearing in town every day, a suspicious new family in town, and her own mind starting to betray her, Candy must come to terms with the one piece of swamp lore she's never heard before. It's a tale that's more truth than myth, and may hold all the answers... and its roots are in Candy's own family tree."--Amazon.

Aurora Grimeon is sent to live with her estranged grandfather on Ossuary Isle deep, in the southern swamps, after the death of her parents. She begins to explore the islands graves and meets those who take care of the tombstones and mausoleums, who follow the rules of Hoodoo magic, and finds herself in the middle of a mystery when the island residents start disappearing.

Readers must choose among over twenty spooky endings as they attempt to survive in the haunted Swamp House long enough to find the treasure hidden on the grounds.

A teenaged girl and her boyfriend must find her older brother after he wanders into their town's swamp and a mysterious girl appears in his place.

Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.

Photographs and text describe the climate and wildlife of wetland areas, and focuses on the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina, Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and Florida, and the Florida Everglades.

Determined to retrieve her hat from the sycamore tree where it had been blown by the wind, Virginnie tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures behind her.