A beast of a tale, for true! Hatcher Hampton is turning twelve. Per family tradition, he'll be entering his first fishing rodeo, hoping to prove he's better than his older brother. First prize wins $500-money that could save his family from being evicted from their home-and the winner gets his picture in the paper! Reality soon intervenes in Hatcher's heroic fantasy as he faces pestering insects, a one-armed man, angry seas, boat blunders, and an old swamp legend. Getting stuck in a mosquito-infested swamp with Grampa Grump and no extra underwear isn't what he had in mind in this coming-of-age story like no other!

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