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2) Paper towns
Author
Language
English
Description
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
3) Hoot
Author
Language
English
Description
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
5) First & then
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Devon is a high school senior, wondering if she really wants to go to college, what to do with her cousin Foster (a freshman) who has moved in with her family in Florida, and whether she likes Ezra, the stuck-up football star at her school, or cannot stand him.
6) Flush
Author
Language
English
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
Series
Santa Claus super spy volume 1
Publisher
Lake 7 Creative
Pub. Date
2008, ©2005
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Santa Claus is a Super Spy, and Paul wants to be one too. When his wish comes true, he and his new friends ... must work together to save Santa and the state of Florida from a terrible danger. But does Paul have what it takes to be a Super Spy? Will he be able to save the day or will Florida be frozen forever?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself taking care of his ailing grandfather and facing an unwelcome...
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico, an Imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After an encounter with a fake Bigfoot, the film crew of the Internet series, Discover Cryptids, heads to the Florida swamps to search for the "Skunk Ape"--but find a crooked ranger who hates Florida panthers, instead.
10) Fangtastic: #3
Author
Series
Vamped volume 3
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gina and her boyfriend, both vampires working undercover for the government, are sent to investigate a group of humans who act like vampires and have been on a killing spree in Tampa, Florida.
Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
527 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mara Dyer continues to unravel the mystery of her powers and her relationship with Noah"--
12) Scat
Author
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
13) The yearling
Author
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. Relive the wonder of a childhood favorite that has been capturing the hearts of readers for more than half a century. An instant bestseller when it was released in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been read and loved by school-age children across the nation for more than fifty years. In this classic story of the Baxter family and...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
146 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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
Series
Merci Suárez volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Para Merci Suárez, el octavo grado significa un nuevo corte de pelo, juegos nocturnos de fútbol americano y una excursión de una noche fuera de la ciudad. También significa más quehaceres en casa y que tendrá que estar pendiente de Lolo si empeora su salud. Es un año repleto de más responsabilidades e independencia, pero también de más oportunidades de reinventarse. Merci siempre ha aceptado el hecho de que no es una de las chicas más...
Author
Series
Mara Dyer trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
456 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mara cannot remember the accident that took the lives of three of her friends but, after moving from Rhode Island to Florida, finding love with Noah, and more deaths, she realizes uncovering something buried in her memory might save her family and her future.
Author
Publisher
Poppy, Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, Lou Patterson reconnects with her neighbor and ex-best friend Sam Alvarez, now seniors in high school, after they rediscover their childhood bucket list.
18) Abandon: #1
Author
Series
Abandon trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.