It begins with raccoon brothers, Bingo and J'miah, being installed as newly independent Scouts of Suger Man Swamp, located somewhere in Texas. It is their job to keep and eye out, and in the case of emergency, wake the Sugar Man. What is the Sugar Man? He has been around as long as the swamp, and is cousin to Bigfoot and the Yeti. He can be counted on to protect the swamp, mainly by throwing out anything hat threatens it, and by throwing out, I mean throwing into the next county. The point of view quickly shifts among, to name a few: the raccoon brothers; twelve-year-old Chap, whose mom may lose the sugar pie making business; greedy Sonny Boy - descendant of pirates; a house cat; some dastardly feral hogs; and a very large snake.
Chap is trying desperately to save the only home he has known, and the swamp, from being turned into a gater wrestling theme park by Sonny Boy. He needs to either earn a "boatload" of cash, or find proof of the Sugar Man, or the extinct Ivory Billed Woodpecker. While he is working as that, the animals are sensing the imminent invasion from a maurading band of feral hogs with bad attitudes.
This book was so compelling I finished it in one day! It was engaging hearing the voices of all the different players in this story that reads like a legend.
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