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Gnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen
Unknown author · historical fiction
In Mary's Cove, Tennessee, in 1869, twelve-year-old Gnat Stokes decides to prove she's not just a trouble maker by rescuing a boy who was spirited away seven years earlier by the evil Swamp Queen of Foggy Bottom.
About this historical novel
Gnat Stokes and the Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. In Mary's Cove, Tennessee, in 1869, twelve-year-old Gnat Stokes decides to prove she's not just a trouble maker by rescuing a boy who was spirited away seven years earlier by the evil Swamp Queen of Foggy Bottom.
On HisFic we tag it under 1. Literary historical fiction so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include fiction, cats, magic, adventure and adventurers, and swamps.
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Plot summary
In Mary's Cove, Tennessee, in 1869, twelve-year-old Gnat Stokes decides to prove she's not just a trouble maker by rescuing a boy who was spirited away seven years earlier by the evil Swamp Queen of Foggy Bottom.
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Global / multiple
Themes
- fiction
- cats
- magic
- adventure and adventurers
- swamps
- history
- juvenile fiction
- adventure stories
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open-library