The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo.

By Jean Craighead George

Problems found in the Book

• Dejun is being hunted by Travis

• Liza K’s mom wants a new job

• Priscilla does something secretively with mini gin bottles

• Some of the fish are dying

• Dejun is missing

Dajun is being Hunted

• Travis makes his living hunting and killing alligators. He has been hired to get Dajun.

• The people in the condos are afraid of Dajun

Liza K’s mom is looking for a new job.

• Liza K’s mom is a waitress right now

• She is going to night school.

• She want to be a manager for the diner she works at

• She wants a better home for Liza K

Priscilla and the mini gin bottles

• She collect mini gin bottles

• No one knows what she does with them

• Liza K sees her filling them with colored water

• Priscilla then hangs them on bushes

• Something is attracted to them, but what?

Some Fish are Dying in Gumbo Limbo.

They are found onfloating on top of the water

The water has a funnytaste and smell to it.

Dajun is no where to befound but plants are

still not growing wherethey should

Fish are dying inGumbo Limbo

Dajun is missing

• Dajun is usually comes out in the day but he’s no where to found in the daytime.

• You can usually tell where he is by the plants being bulldoze over, this is not happening.

• James James’s traps are not being disturbed by Dajun.

Solutions to the problems

• Dajun being hunted - Travis thinks the alligator has moved on so he moves on too.

• Liza K’s wants a new job - Liza K’s mom get the manager job.

• What Priscilla doing with gin bottles? -She using them to attract hummingbirds.

• Fish are dying in Gumbo Limbo - Toxic containers were being washed in the water. This will stop now.

• Dajun is missing - Dajun became a night animal so he

wouldn’t get caught. He only came out at night.