Download or read book Escape from the Everglades written by Tim Shoemaker and published by Focus on the Family. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escape from the Everglades is the first book in the High Water series and blends contemporary mystery and suspense, dramatic situations, and high adventure that both boys and girls will love. A park ranger’s son hates the Everglades, and he thinks he’ll just die if he doesn't escape Southern Florida soon . . . and he’s right. After Parker Buckman is mauled and nearly killed by an alligator, he sees the glades as a place of death. All he wants to do is get out of the area, and he’s convinced he won’t truly be okay until he does. But he can’t leave until he finds a friend who goes missing. Escaping a bad situation isn’t a matter of a geographical change. Sometimes the best way to a brighter future is to face the darkness of your past.
Download or read book Escape to the Everglades written by Edwina Raffa and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Lost in River of Grass written by Ginny Rorby and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't realize I'm crying until he glances at me. For a moment, I see the look of anguish in his eyes, then he blinks it away and slips off into the water. I immediately think of the gator. It's still down there somewhere. . . ." A science-class field trip to the Everglades is supposed to be fun, but Sarah's new at Glades Academy, and her fellow freshmen aren’t exactly making her feel welcome. When an opportunity for an unauthorized side trip on an air boat presents itself, it seems like a perfect escape—an afternoon without feeling like a sore thumb. But one simple oversight turns a joyride into a race for survival across the river of grass. Sarah will have to count on her instincts—and a guy she barely knows—if they have any hope of making it back alive.
Download or read book Escape to the Everglades Teacher s Activity Guide written by Edwina Raffa and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes activity ideas and worksheets to use in all areas of elementary study related to the juvenile novel Escape to the Everglades. Sunshine State standards for grades 3-5 are included for each area of study.
Download or read book Moving Water written by Amy Green and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing exposé tackles some of the most important issues of our time: Is it possible to save a complex ecosystem such as the Everglades—or, once degraded, are such ecological wonders gone forever? What kind of commitments—economic, scientific, and social—will it take to rescue our vulnerable natural resources? What influences do special interests wield in our everyday lives, and what does it take to push real reform through our democracy? A must-read for anyone fascinated by stories of political intrigue and the work of environmental crusaders like Erin Brockovich, as well as anyone who cares about the future of Florida, this book reveals why the Everglades serve as a model—and a warning—for environmental restoration efforts worldwide.
Download or read book Florida Bay Forever written by Daniel A Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nightmare in the Everglades written by Beverley Armstrong-Rodman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A THRILLER a DREAM of a day in the Florida Panhandle turned into a NIGHTMARE of weeks in the Florida Everglades! When Kate Chandler headed to town with her little boy, the skies were blue, and the sun was shining. Why, then, did Kate waken the following morning, to fi nd herself locked in a derelict cabin on an island in the Everglades? Who had brought her here? What did he want with her? Where was he now? Where was her son Davey? Th is was no eccentric millionaires exotic hide-away, complete with closets of clothes and racks of fi ne wine. No, this was some psychos ramshackle shanty, complete with rickety furniture and a dirty old coffi n. Can Kate escape the cabin and the island before her captor returns? An illustrator of childrens books, as well as a loving wife and a gentle mother, is she capable of killing the mystery man when he does return? Can she contend with mosquitoes, snakes, spiders, and even an elusive Florida panther? Its no wonder Kate feels like Alice who has fallen down the rabbit hole. Desperate to see her family again, she learns a great deal about herself and her capabilities.
Download or read book Swamplandia written by Karen Russell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The bravely imagined, wildly acclaimed debut novel from the author of Vampires in the Lemon Grove—about a thirteen year old girl who sets out on a mission through magical swamps to save her family. "Ms. Russell is one in a million.... A suspensfuly, deeply haunted book." —The New York Times Thirteen-year-old Ava Bigtree has lived her entire life at Swamplandia!, her family’s island home and gator-wrestling theme park in the Florida Everglades. But when illness fells Ava’s mother, the park’s indomitable headliner, the family is plunged into chaos; her father withdraws, her sister falls in love with a spooky character known as the Dredgeman, and her brilliant big brother, Kiwi, defects to a rival park called The World of Darkness. As Ava embarks on her mission to save them all, we are drawn into a lush debut that takes us to the shimmering edge of reality.
Download or read book An Everglades Providence written by Jack E. Davis and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the suffragist, feminist, and environmentalist who fought for the preservation and protection of the Everglades and won the battle that turned it into a national wilderness area.
Download or read book Kidnapped in Key West written by Edwina Raffa and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Escaping Perfect written by Emma Harrison and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville meets The West Wing in this summer read about a girl who runs away from her high-profile past to live the normal life she’s always wanted. Cecilia Montgomery has been America’s sweetheart since the day she was born. A member of the prestigious Montgomery family—the US equivalent of royalty—her childhood was cut short after she was nearly kidnapped. Since then, Cecilia has been hidden away, her adolescence spent at an exclusive boarding school. So when an opportune moment presents itself, Cecilia seizes the chance to become someone else. To escape. To disappear. To have the life she always dreamed about, far away from her mother’s biting remarks and her sheltered upbringing. Cecilia says goodbye to the Montgomery name and legacy to become Lia Washington: relaxed, wild, in love, free, and living on her own terms for the very first time. But being on your own isn’t always as easy as it seems…
Download or read book Torry Island Boy of the Everglades written by Ann Spann Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the boyhood of Henry M. "Pete" Lee, a cowboy and farmer who grew up on Torry Island in Lake Okeechobee in southeast Florida, detailing the settling of the area by his pioneer relatives from the 1890s to the mid-twentieth century.
Download or read book Everglades Assault written by Randy Striker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his New York Times bestselling Doc Ford novels, author Randy Wayne White has been hailed as “the best new writer since Carl Hiaasen” (Denver Post). But decades ago, under the pen name Randy Striker, he was already delivering non-stop thrills with ex–Navy SEAL Dusky MacMorgan, who is about to go to war in a most lethal battleground. MacMorgan is living the good life on his stilt house a mile off Fleming Key. The skies are as blue as the sea, and there’s not a cloud in the sky. But there’s a storm coming in the form of the beautiful April Yarborough. She’s the daughter of an old pal, and she’s come to ask for the kind of help only MacMorgan can provide. The Yarboroughs have been in Florida longer than anyone can remember. Even today, many of them live off the grid, deep in the Everglades. Now, someone is waging a campaign of violence and destruction to drive them off their cherished swampland. And when MacMorgan dives into the fray, he finds that the deadliest danger in the swamp isn’t quicksand or ’gators, but big money—armed with some big guns.
Download or read book Wake Up Missing written by Kate Messner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a concussion that affects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose a plot that endangers them all.
Download or read book Race to Kitty Hawk written by Edwina Raffa and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Easy Target written by Tim Shoemaker and published by Focus on the Family. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A school project goes terribly wrong in this middle-grade thriller about ex-homeschooler and Christian teen Hudson Sutton and his experiences in his new school. When he makes two friends and attempts to take on an established hierarchy of bullying, he doesn't realize he's taking a risk he never expected--becoming a bully himself. From the same author who wrote the suspenseful fiction Code of Silence series, this is a realistic look at the extent and reality of bullying, especially through social media, with a Christian protagonist who learns that relationships, bullying, and doing the right thing are a bit more complicated than he realized. It also touches on the subject of suicide.
Download or read book A Season of Miracles written by Rusty Whitener and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching novel that takes readers down memory lane and into the deep south of the 1970s.A Season of Miracles is a compelling story of a friendship characterized by differences and of grace despite flaws. At times hilarious and at times tearful, it will bring southern fiction fans back to the simpler days they’ve long forgotten—and will never let them go.