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**You gotta read this story—**because there’s somethin’ magic buried deep in the mud, and it ain’t what you think. The Day the Swamp Shimmered follows a red-headed girl named Josie “Red” Lawson and her ragtag crew of friends—the Mudpuppy Patrol—as they chase a mystery through the sticky heat of a Louisiana summer in 1980. What starts as a dusty old map in a tin box turns into the adventure of a lifetime: abandoned dredges, strange signals in the trees, a long-buried truth, and the legend of a vanished man who once tried to save the swamp from greedy hands. With nothin’ but grit, heart, and a worn CCR tape as their guide, these kids stumble into a story bigger than themselves—and end up changin’ their town forever.