Swamplandia! (1st Edition)

Swamplandia! is Karen Russell's 2011 debut novel, a magical realist story about the Bigtree family, alligator wrestler who run a failing theme park in the Florida Everglades. When the mother dies, the family unravels, and 13-year-old Ava must navigate grief, a rival park, and a journey into the swamp's "Underworld" to save her family, blending myth, folklore, and the harsh reality of their environment.