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41) Zora and me
Author
Series
Zora and me volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie, in Eatonville, Florida, as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. Includes an annotated bibliography of the works of Zora Neale Hurston, a short biography of the author, and information about Eatonville, Florida.
42) Biggest flirts
Author
Series
The Superlatives volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tia likes to flirt, but she isn't looking for a serious relationship. Will is the same way--at least, that's what Tia thinks. But Will wants a real girlfriend, so despite their chemistry, he starts dating someone else. Then Tia and Will are elected their yearbook's Biggest Flirts, and things get really complicated"--
44) Dukes
Author
Publisher
Pineapple Press
Pub. Date
[1983]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Adam says he can't remember where he was for the two months he went missing in a Florida swamp. That's not true. He does remember. The truth: He was driving with his parents, and the car crashed when his father swerved to avoid colliding with a giant Sasquatch-like creature standing in the highway. Haunted by his parents' disappearance and hounded for claiming to have seen Bigfoot, Adam sets off into the deadly wilderness on a hunt for answers as...
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 1
Language
English
Description
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
1st Rayo edición (in Spanish).
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)
Language
Español
Description
La bulldog Noelle va con su dueña de vacaciones en la Costa del Tesoro del estado de Florida. Noelle está ansiosa por encontrar un tesoro enterrado en la arena. Se hace amiga de un cangrejo y otros nuevos y misteriosos animales.
Noelle the bulldog goes looking for long-lost pirate treasure on the Treasure Coast of Florida, where she ends up finding something far more valuable.
50) Beezy at bat
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Three stories in which Beezy cracks nuts and riddles, picks berries, and plays baseball.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Arcadia wants adventure. Living in a tiny Florida town with her dad and four-year-old brother, Cadie spends most of her time working, going to school, and taking care of her family. So when she meets two handsome cousins at a campfire party, she finally has a chance for fun. They invite her and a friend to join them on a road trip, and it's just the risk she's been craving -- the opportunity to escape. But what starts out as a fun,...
53) Beezy
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Beezy and her best friend Merlin, who live in Florida, wait out a hurricane, find a dog, and make friends with a circus performer.
54) A kiss in time
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Miranium's summer is going down hill fast: her best friend, Thomas, has moved away, her know-it-all nemesis, Tamika, has moved too near for comfort, her parents are stressed since her father has lost his job, she has just blown up the microwave with an ill advised experiment (destroying her own cellphone in the process), and worst of all her beloved cat, Sir Fig Newton, has developed diabetes; there is no money for his medical care,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
While spending Christmas with her Cuban American grandmother in Miami, Florida, young Nina misses her usual New England holiday but enjoys learning about the foods and other traditions her father knew as a child.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 2
Language
English
Description
While her father, a Navy Chief, is on ship duty for six months, nine-year-old Piper stays busy with new neighbors, Christmas at a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and especially the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Preparing for spelling bees, having a secret admirer, and waiting for her chest size to catch up with her enormous feet are pressure enough, but twelve-year-old Vanessa must also deal with loneliness and very real fears as her mother, Florida's Governor, runs for President of the United States.
59) Manatee blues
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.
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