The Mosquito Coast California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2017) and harder to see

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Being intentional with your choices

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The Mosquito Coast California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (2017) and harder to seeAllie Fox was going to re create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, scavengers and funny bunnies of the twentieth century, he abandons civilization and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, quixotic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness and terror.