Author: Edwina Raffa
Publisher: Pineapple Press
ISBN: 1561645370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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A daring adventure on Henry Flaglers Over-Sea Railroad! Twelve-year-old Eddie Malone is living a carefree life swimming and fishing in the Florida Keys in 1912 when suddenly his world is turned upside down. His father, a worker on Henry Flaglers Over-Sea Railroad, is thrown into jail for stealing the railroad payroll. Convinced that he is responsible for his pa's arrest, Eddie sets out for Key West with his faithful dog, Rex, on a daring mission to prove his father's innocence. Eddie arrives in Key West as preparations are under way for the arrival of Flagler's first train. Eddie meets the Kimble twins, T. J. and Jen, who live at the Key West Lighthouse and are practicing for their part in the great celebration. They offer to help Eddie with his plan to find the real payroll thieves. Eddie finds them, all right, but they kidnap him and lock him aboard their sailboat. As the boat moves swiftly away from Key West, Eddie realizes he's in serious trouble. Can Eddie escape from the clutches of the ruthless thieves? Will he ever get back home to Marathon? Most importantly, will Eddie be able to prove Pa's innocence? Historical fiction, ages 8–12 Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author: Edwina Raffa
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648639
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
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Teachers Manual for Kidnapped in Key West. Historical fiction, 1912. Ages 8-12. Twelve-year-old Eddie Malone is living a carefree life in the Florida Keys when his father, a worker on Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railroad, is thrown into jail. Eddie sets out for Key West with his faithful dog, Rex—will he be in time to foil the thieves next plot and prove his pa's innocence?
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.
Author: Norah Perkin
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501005817
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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After a disastrous first marriage, Key West fitness club owner Robyn Locke finally dares to trust a man and marries contractor Will Ryder, only to be abducted from her wedding reception and held for ransom. When the ransom money is found in their home, the police arrest Will for her kidnapping and Robyn wavers in her commitment until an unimaginable death jolts her into taking a stand for herself and the man she loves.
Author: Marilyn Bishop Shaw
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 1561643491
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Young Solomon works as hard as his parents, all former slaves, to make a living from their remote Florida homestead in the 1860s, but is encouraged in his dreams of a more adventurous life by Mr. Pete, a family friend and former Virginia plantation owner who now gathers and sells unclaimed cattle.
Author: Mike Pettit
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986512855
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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DUVAL DEAD Max Simms, Key West Mystery. Early reviews: "Laugh out loud funny." "Hardboiled Humor" "Mystery with a laugh" "Max Simms sets the bar high for a fun read." Right out of the Best Selling Jack Marsh Key West Series comes the bigger than life character, Max Simms, Jack's best friend (in his own mind). He's loveable, obnoxious, charming, cowardly, a braggart, con artist, snitch, and a weasel that will change his mind and loyalty if there's a buck in it. Max is a Key West cab driver that taking an On-Line P.I. course and is out to make a reputation as the best gumshoe on Duval Street. Duval dead is loaded with oddball characters, crooks, shysters, goons, and dames. Max is left holding a baby and a suitcase loaded with drugs and money at the Key West airport. A rolling gunfight, a kidnapped woman, and a stolen container of drugs tax Max's detecting skillset to the limits.
Author: Edwina Raffa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893110335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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After being adopted by a woman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1903, orphaned twelve-year-old Tess Raney uncovers a plot to foil the Wright brothers' quest to be the first in flight, and takes great risks to make sure the plot fails.
Author: Jaycee Dugard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451629192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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A revelatory memoir about a young woman whose life was stolen when she was kidnapped in 1991 and remained an object of captivity for 18 years.
Author: Edwina Raffa
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 1561643513
Category : Everglades (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Raised as a Seminole, Will Cypress is eager to join Osceola and his followers in the late 1830s as they battle white soldiers in the second Seminole War, fighting to remain in their Florida homelands, until a chance meeting with his white father's relatives causes Will to question his loyalties.
Author: M C. Finotti
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561645958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
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Accelerated Reader Quiz #129357. Level 5.3 Winner of the Florida Historical Society's Horgan Award, The Treasure of Amelia Island focuses on eleven-year-old Mary Kingsley, daughter of historical figure Ana Jai Kingsley. It is December 1813. Mary and her family live in La Florida, a Spanish territory under siege by Patriots of the United States of America. The Patriots want to force Spain out of the land it has ruled for nearly three hundred years. Mary is the youngest child of former slave Ana Jai. Her white father freed Mary and the rest of the family, but the Patriots don't care. They see no place for freed people of color in a new Florida and want to make Mary's family slaves again. Against these mighty events, Mary decides to search for a legendary pirate treasure with her brother, George, and her half-brother, Diego. This treasure hunt, filled with danger and recklessness, changes Mary forever. The Kingsley family actually existed in this era. Zephaniah Kingsley married the African slave Ana Jai. He freed her and their three children and they lived at a plantation that you can visit today in northeast Florida. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
