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Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 7
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florida, discover that her grandmother is about to invest in a project to recover sunken treasure, they stumble upon evidence that the entire plan may be a fraud.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage - Chapter Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - JF
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Womens History Month - JF
Hispanic Heritage Month - JF
If You Like Babysitter's Club, Read These!
Womens History Month - JF
Description
After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Includes tips for beginning birders, characteristics of crystals, a cookie recipe, tips for aspiring journalists, directions for creating badges, and facts about the killing of birds for fashion.
4) The yearling
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raisesd as a pet.
6) The audition
Author
Series
Audition trilogy (Maddie Ziegler) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Harper loves to dance and is a rising star in Connecticut when her parents move her to Florida and she must prove herself to The Bunheads in order to compete.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
But good ideas? Most of them seem like bad ideas. Reckless. Foolish. Ridiculous. Still, by accomplishing everything on the list, rule-abiding Edie feels certain that she can become the effortlessly brave adventurer she dreams of being, just like her daring cousin and bold grandmother. For this one summer at least, bad ideas are the best shot she has at becoming who she wants to be.
10) The callback
Author
Series
Audition trilogy (Maddie Ziegler) volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Harper McCoy, twelve, joins the school musical hoping to get past "dancer's block," but her Dance Starz teammates are not pleased, especially since they will soon compete against their biggest rivals, The Belles, in Regionals.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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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 to...
15) Flush
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Noura and her family, fleeing war in Syria, have been granted asylum in the United States, but they arrive in Florida to the chaos of the president's Muslim ban; twelve-year-old Jordyn is a member of the Christian church that is sponsoring the Alwan family, and Noura's student ambassador in middle school; their inevitable culture clash is made far worse by the wave of hate crimes unleashed by the Muslim ban, and personal problems of...
Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Mara Dyer continues to unravel the mystery of her powers and her relationship with Noah"--
Author
Series
Melonhead books volume 6
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
While visiting his grandparents' retirement community in Florida, ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon, accompanied by his best friend Sam, invents the Alligator Distractor.
20) Fins
Author
Series
Sharks Incorporated volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks. Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks and enlists the help of three kids, Luke, Marta, and Sabina. Together they form Sharks, Inc. and are given an important assignment: to set out each day on their small fishing boat in hopes of...
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