Everglades

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A lyrical creation tale of the Florida Everglades with stunning landscapes by Wendell Minor.

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A 5th Grade's Class Review.......2001-10-18

We just finished reading EVERGLADES by Jean Craighead George. The storyteller was a great idea. His words really caught our attention. This book, even though it was about real life, read like a fictional story. We especially liked the way Ms. Craighead George used various synonyms to express just how many creatures were in the Everglades in the beginning. In addition to the colorful language, the incredible illustrations by Wendell Miner made the book come to life. Above all, we learned we should respect nature. A great reading experience!

A spectacular environmental story.......2001-02-15

Another spectacular picture book from one of today's greatest writing/illustrating teams, EVERGLADES isn't just a story--it's an epic, one begun thousands of years ago, when water carved this spectacular ecosystem in Florida. Jean Craighead George, author of over eighty remarkable nature books for young readers, lends awe-inspiring power to the pages of the book, while Wendell Minor's lush, colorful illustrations beautifully depict this environment, full of wildlife and vitality. The book, like Ms. George's many others, also has an important lesson to tell. In JULIE OF THE WOLVES, we see the importance of Alaska's North Slope to the animals that inhabit this seemingly bleak, barren landscape (this area is now in danger of more oil line construction). In FRIGHTFUL'S MOUNTAIN (third in the MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN trilogy), we come to know the threatened peregrine falcon, and the many threats humans have posed to it. In EVERGLADES, one feels a strong admiration toward this magnificent, but, sadly, endangered environment, and those who, like me, have never visited it, will surely long to see it for themselves. The narration is moving and fascinating, as a Seminole Indian describes to a group of children the evolution of the Florida Everglades, and inspires them to fight to help it survive. When one visits the Everglades, they will want to see the alligators, wetlands, and panthers of Mr. Minor's paintings. If you enjoy EVERGLADES, you'll fall in love with other spectacular George/ Minor collaborations, such as ARCTIC SON, the story of Ms. George's grandson who lives at the northernmost point in Alaska. As he grows up, he learns about the Inupiat Eskimos who make their home there and the tundra land around him. Mr. Minor's illustrations are quite lovely, and there's as much snow and ice in ARCTIC SON as there was grass and water in EVERGLADES. There's also MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT, which focuses on the day-to-day lives of different animals throughout the U.S. The text it written very poetically, and Mr. Minor's illustrations of raccoons, seals, antelope, and birds are full of warmth and inspiration. And next year, a new book entitled LONESOME GEORGE will be published. This is about the famous, oldest Galapagos tortoise. Ms. George has also written a new young adult book about the Okefenokee Swamp, which is sure to be as full of environmental splendor as EVERGLADES. I can't wait to see them.

The Everglades.......2000-04-11

Jean Craighead George has done it again! What a wonderful perspective and simple telling of the history of the Everglades. As told by a Seminole Indian to the children, this story (and wonderful illustrations) produces a profound respect for the "River of Grass" and its future. As a teacher in Florida, this book was a fantastic read-aloud to my students during our unit on the Everglades. I also used George's other ecological mystery, Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo, to study Florida's ecology.

Miami & the Keys '99: The Complete Guide with Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Everglades (Fodor's South Florida)

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Covers more of Florida than competing guides
great itineraries

Miami & the Keys '99: The Complete Guide with Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Everglades (Fodor's South Florida)
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Manufacturer: Fodor's
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679001492
Release Date: 1998-10-27

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The best guide to the area, updated every year
Tours of Miami Beach's Deco District and Coral Gables
Spectacular beaches, best bets for water sports and fishing
The hippest nightlife -- spots for salsa, jazz, reggae, blues
Great golfing, biking, canoeing, diving, and wildlife-watching
Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget
Modern and Deco hotels, beach resorts, charming inns and B&Bs, rental condos, luxurious spas, convenient motels
Smart cafés, posh restaurants, local favorites, and ethnic eateries from Cuban to Floribbean -- plus lots of seafood
Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path
Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands
All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents
17 pages of maps, 15 vacation itineraries, and more
Important contacts, smart travel tips
Fodor's Choice
What's Where
Pleasures & Pastimes, don't-miss activities
New & Noteworthy
Festivals
Complete index

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Covers more of Florida than competing guides.......2000-04-12

The most useful aspect of the Fodor's Guide for Miamai and the Keys when compared to other guidebooks is that this book covers the areas north of Miami, all the way up the Atlantic coast to Sebastian. My past few trips to Florida have been to Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Vero Beach as well as Miami and the Keys. It's nice to have the basic information in one place.

However, I always feel that Fodor's guidebooks tend to be a little superficial. The last five or six I've read haven't included the hotels I've stayed at (for example a Hyatt that has been open for at least ten years). I also don't care for the type of paper stock that Fodors uses. I like to take a highlighter to my guidebooks and you can't use them on this paper because it bleeds through the pages. I will continue my quest for the perfect guidebook!

great itineraries.......1999-06-05

Great places to stay in Key West. Never disappointed...however, it forgot to mention the great cuban coffee, cafe con leche, that Frommer's went into detail with and had mentioned as a must have. Great restaurant's, esp. the cuban ones.

The Black Stallion's Ghost (Black Stallion)

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The Ghost Kovi
Great suspense!
The Black Stallion's Ghost
The Black Stallion's ghost
Too Scary For Some Kids!

The Black Stallion's Ghost (Black Stallion)
Walter Farley
Manufacturer: Yearling
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ASIN: 0679869506
Release Date: 1995-04-11

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While riding the Black in the Everglades one day, Alec meets a man astride a ghostly gray mare. Alec’s fascination with the man turns to fear as he realizes the man is dangerously close to insanity. Soon Alec and the Black are caught up in a deadly chase through the depths of the Everglades, where a misstep could be fatal.

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The Ghost Kovi.......2007-04-18

This review is on The Black Stallion's Ghost, which was written by Walter Farley. A man named Alec is a horse racer and has a horse named the Black. For now he is in a ranch near the Everglades, and is keeping the Black in shape, so when they go to New York they will win the race. But when Alec takes a stroll through the Hammocks he is stopped by another rider. His mount was a stallion, but this man had a mare. The man strangely invited Alec to dine with him, and brought him to a mysterious house. This book tells you how people sometimes believe in anything. You should read this book, it will teach you how to fear your imagination. The author wanted you to get the message that all people have different opinions on their beliefs.

Great suspense!.......2007-03-13

I'm a mom who has read nearly all the Black Stallion books when I was young and have now introduced my daughter to them. She is in 4th grade and is 10 years old and LOVED this book! While another reviewer said this book was too scary for her 3rd grader I think you need to evaluate your own child and if they have ever watched the Harry Potter movies or something similiar they will have no problem with this book. It is a little different from most of Farley's books in that it adds some mysticism to the genre and you end up wondering is the monster Kovi real or is it in the imagination of every human being. In a way you never really know and that is what makes the book linger in your mind even after reading it. It's a real page turner and I think most kids today would really like something like this. While the original Black Stallion is a little dated (though still a terrific read), the Black Stallion's Ghost could have taken place right now. Get it and watch your child WANT to read!

The Black Stallion's Ghost.......2004-03-05

The Black Stallion's Ghost
By: Walter Farley
Reviewed by: J. Yeh
Period: P.1

The Black Stallion, written by Walter Farley, is about a young boy and a stallion called Black. There has been many sequels of The Black Stallion. This book is about a boy named Alec and his adventure with his horse. Alec went to see a circus with a ringmaster and a horse who is like a ghost. Alec was riding Black through the fog-shrouded Everglades and they came upon a man on a gray mare that turns out to be the Ghost. They met eachother and the captain invited Alec to his house. Alec has a feeling that his host is insane. They had lunch together and Alec was about to go home when the captain begged him to stay for the night because a storm would be coming soon. It turned out that the captain wanted to breed his horse with Black. When Black was getting close with the Ghost, the captain tried to keep him away and got a pitch-fork to defend his horse. The next thing that happened was Black was running off towards the Everglades. Alec who was knocked out woke up and found that Black was gone. He tried to run after him, but the captain wouldn't let him because it was dangerous. Alec begged the captain to go with him because it was his fault that Black ran off. The captain was afraid of the Haitian curse. After a long search, the captain was found dead by Alec. Alec eventually found the Black. He rode back to the captain's place and found the people from the place he was supposed to stay at. They were very worried about Alec and took him and Black back. Alec told them the story, but they said that the captain had died a long time ago. They found out that the blind man had sold the Ghost to a man. Alec had wanted to buy that horse so that he could breed the Ghost and Black. They found the man who had the Ghost and Alec said he would buy it for any amount of money. The man said the horse was not on sale, but Alec eventually bought the horse for a large amount of money.
I like the book because it is an adventurous story about a horse and a loving boy. One of my favorite quotes is, "It's too late for regret. I MUST find him." It showed how much Alec had love for Black. Alec had lived with Black since his childhood and had loved and cared for it although the horse was a wild and fierce one that no one could go near him but himself. Another quote that I like was, "Come on. We're getting out of here." This quote meant that Alec was getting out of the Everglades with Black together without any of them getting left behind.
My favorite part of the book was when Alec and the captain went to find Black. Alec had the courage to go when the captain didn't. I liked this part because Alec wouldn't give up finding Black and that showed how much he cared for it.

The Black Stallion's ghost.......2003-03-08

Imagine your horse running away, your only friend. Walter Farley, author of The Black Stallion's Ghost, puts you right next to Alec Ramsey,11, when he takes a different path one day with his horse, The Black. Little did he know, this decision would come back to haunt him.
Alec is an average boy, with the exeption he is one of the youngest horsemen and he and his horse are racers. The Black can run like the wind; together Alec and The Black are unstopable.
When Alec and The Black were riding through an unfamiliar trail, they suddenly heard music. They looked through a nearby bush and saw a man with his horse. When the man saw Alec, he invited him over for lunch. The man called himself Captain.
When they got there, a fierce storm hit forcing Alec to spend the night.
As night came, Alec could not fall asleep. He looked through the window and saw The Black running away. Captain came out of the barn. Alec ran to get his horse, he was too far in the Everglades to find.
Will Alec find his horse? Read to find out. I recomend this book to 10 and up, there is blood and violence. I liked this book because it talks about horses and you always wonder what will happen next.

Too Scary For Some Kids!.......2001-09-03

My third grader checked this out of the library, thinking that it would be a kid's book about a horse mystery. WRONG! This book had her scared for a week! She took it back, and checked out Little House In The Big Woods. Better choice! Not a book for a young reader, even if she is a horse lover!

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Wonderful update!
Two Books in One
Marvelous
"Mother of the Everglades"
A must-read for fans of the Everglades

The Everglades: River of Grass
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Manufacturer: Pineapple Pr Inc
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ASIN: 0910923388

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Originally published in 1947, The Everglades was one of those rare books, like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Silent Spring, to have an immediate political effect: it helped draw public attention to a vast and little-known area that South Florida developers had deemed a worthless swamp and were busily draining, damming, and remaking, and it mustered needed public support for President Harry Truman's controversial order, later that year, to protect more than 2 million acres as Everglades National Park.

Remote and seldom visited, the Everglades nonetheless had a rich human history: several Native American peoples, Spanish explorers, French and English pirates, runaway slaves, and Anglo trappers and fishermen all came to this limestone basin and made their lives among its slowly moving water and fast-growing sawgrass. It is this human history, more than the life histories of the Everglades' deer, panthers, scorpions, serpents, and alligators, that occupies most of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas's pages; even so, her lyrical if sometimes sentimental account of the area's flora and fauna makes for fine reading.

Douglas died in 1998 at the age of 107, having done more than any other one person to protect this magnificent portion of wild America. Anyone wishing to continue her good work--and to understand the Everglades' importance in the shape of things--will find great riches in her book. --Gregory McNamee

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Wonderful update!.......2007-05-15

I had read an earlier printing of this classic book, and I knew that it was an invaluable resource of information and a well-written narrative. The 50th anniversary edition has excellent updates about developments in the Everglades and the maps are much more readable than my earlier version. I was very pleased.

Two Books in One.......2005-07-28

Last winter, I purchased River of Grass at the National Park Service's store at Shark Valley in the Everglades. It was recommended by the tour guide. I visit Miami about once a year and always hope to have the opportunity to visit the Everglades. I have known that they are a very special, spiritual place on the edge of a huge city.

However, River of Grass has helped me better understand the unique place that this wilderness holds. It is an ancient area that was the sight of much fighting, greed, and sorrow. It is one of the very few places left where the Native American people fought and, to some degree, won. This, in and of itself, is fascinating. There is a deep and ancient culture that Ms. Douglas discusses and explains with great beauty and respect.

And then there is the River itself. The Everglades have been the sight of some of the most contentious environmental battles in North America. Ms. Douglas identifies the warring parties and comes down firmly in the camp of the environmentalists. This adds a great deal of power and conviction to the book.

I strongly recommend this book if you have an interest in South Florida beyond the beaches and the tourist sights.

Marvelous.......2003-02-20

What a readable and fascinating history of the wonderful State of Florida! I enjoyed every minute of the story of the struggle to conquer the environment and mold it to the white man's idea of a civilized place. Sadly, I am not convinced the developers will allow the Everglades to exist much longer. I am grateful to have lived in a time when its wonders are still available to me.

"Mother of the Everglades".......2002-03-20

That's how most of us in Florida referred to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Long honored by the state and then by the nation a few years before she died in 1998, she was a living legend in the South Florida environmental movement. Within a few miles of where I live there's a school, a park, a long section of highway and the Biscayne Nature Center, all of which are named after this grand old lady.

And grand and old she was. One of the most amazing facts about her life is the way it seems to have paralleled the recent history of the Everglades itself. Consider this. The first real encroachment of the Everglades began in 1890 when settlers started draining the area around the Kissimmee river. This was just 10 years before Douglas was born. When she wrote THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS in 1947 she was 57 years old. The book played a huge part in creating public awareness about the vital importance of the area and was the prime impetus for the creation of the Everglades National Park. Douglas was in fact there when Harry Truman officially opened the park in late 1947. She was still around to receive an honor from president Clinton in 1993. Most incredibly she lived to see the publishing of this - the Fiftieth Anniversary edition of her best known book - dying shortly after at the age of 108! One of the salient points to note about this edition is that it offers an added chapter by another writer titled "Coming Together" which highlights some of the recent progress being made in reversing the damage done to the Everglades watershed area. Progress which can trace it's origins back decades ago to the constant cajoling and inspiration of one Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Never has the saying "Life imitates Nature" been any truer.

Douglas's original book is in keeping with the times it was written in. A natural history of the Everglades with a heavy emphasis on wildlife and the local culture, written in a simple straightforward style. This "just-the-facts" approach is used when recounting the early history of the area, giving names and dates of conquerors and explorers. The writing style occasionally feels a bit dry but these moments quickly pass as we get so caught up in reading about history by someone who was themselves a bit of living history.

A must-read for fans of the Everglades.......2000-04-11

Everglades National Park is one of the country's mostfascinating wilderness areas, and is quite possibly the best place forviewing wildlife on the entire North American continent. It's amazing that such a park can exist right next to one of our biggest and fastest-growing urban areas, and in a region that draws millions of visitors every year. The fact that it exists at all in the face of so much human pressure is a testament to the efforts of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and others, and to the influence of this book.

Still, for the most part, this book is a conventional dates-and-events human history of South Florida rather than an argument for environmental protection. The environmental theme doesn't really get going until after the Civil War, well past the middle of the book, when draining the Everglades was first proposed, and it isn't until "The Eleventh Hour," the final chapter of the original edition, that the book becomes an impassioned plea for saving the wilderness. A final chapter added in 1987 brings the story into our era, continues the catalog of degradation, and makes the key point that most of the forces that threaten the Everglades flourish outside the boundaries of the National Park.

I confess that I found the historical narrative a bit dull in places, though it's hard to imagine a more colorful cast of characters than the conquistadors, pirates, hardy Native Americans, escaped slaves, adventurers, poachers, speculators and old-time politicians who all play a part in the story. Nevertheless, "River of Grass" is still the best history of South Florida, and should be on the reading list of anyone who wants something a little more substantial than the tourist guides and coffee-table fluff that dominate the shelf of books about the region.

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Story can't figure out its audience, or whether it is realistic or fantasy

TROUBLE DOLLS PROVES NOT TROUBLING TO READ!

HE writes like he sings

great children's book

Trouble Dolls
Jimmy Buffett , and Savannah Jane Buffett
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152907904

Book Description

When Lizzy Rhinehart’s father is lost in the Florida Everglades, she calls on the help of her golden retriever, tiny Guatemalan “trouble dolls,” and a magic blue macaw to save him before a ferocious storm begins. "A welcome blend of myth and reality, set in modern times but connected by folklore to the world of animals and magic."--Publishers Weekly

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Child's Book.......2007-03-09

This is another book that is written for children but is entertaining for children. My grandchildren enjoyed it.

Story can't figure out its audience, or whether it is realistic or fantasy.......2006-01-14

What a mess! This story has identity problems all over the place. It is produced in picture-book format but is too advanced and too long for a picture book, but too short and not developed enough for a chapter book. It is written in realistic style, but dolls are alive and birds speak and everyone can hear them; the housekeeper just picks up the girl's pillow and there's village of dolls. The housekeeper also lets the 9-year-old girl go out in her skiff to search for her missing father even though there is a big storm coming, "because the trouble dolls would guide her well and keep her safe." Why didn't the dad take them, then?? Magic isn't taken far enough to make an alternate world, and the dolls and talking animals are simply incongruous in ours. I enjoyed that the Guatemalan trouble dolls slipped in and out of Lizzy's map, but in general this was a mish-mash story.

TROUBLE DOLLS PROVES NOT TROUBLING TO READ!.......1999-12-28

TROUBLE DOLLS by JIMMY BUFFETT and SAVANNAH JANE BUFFETT is a really great story! It has many elements within it that are similar to the life of JIMMY BUFFETT, which PARROTHEADS will be sure to notice. The imagination runs wild in reading TROUBLE DOLLS! Mental pictures of the Florida Keys and longing for them are results of reading this book. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, too! I highly recommend this book to people of all ages - PARROTHEADS . . . lovers of the tropics . . . children . . . adults that need a getaway for just a few minutes. The book is great! Find out for yourself!

HE writes like he sings.......1999-11-16

I read this book and JOLLY MON to my fourth and fifth grade students. They LOVED it and wanted to know if he had written any more books. The story is sweet and my students were impressed with Lizzie's courage and sailing ability.

great children's book.......1999-07-31

This is a great book for kids. Lizzie being able to handle her own problems makes it very empowering to children...especially girls!

Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland

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A highly edcuational and conscientious-minded introduction
An Exciting Trip Through the Everglades

Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland
Trish Marx
Manufacturer: Lee & Low Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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A highly edcuational and conscientious-minded introduction .......2005-04-11

Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland by Trish Marx is impressively presented for young readers augmented by photojournalist Cindy Karp's vivid photography. In Everglades Forever, children will learn of a class study by the students of an elementary school class on the majestic wetlands in Homestead, Florida. They will learn of the negative effects of pollution and disrupted water flow, and how people, environmental agencies, and governments seek to control such damage. And they will learn of the Everglades Restoration Plan, an ecological intervention designed to restore and preserve the natural water flow, plants, and animals of the Everglades. A highly edcuational and conscientious-minded introduction to one of Earth's environmental wonders, is especially recommended for school and community library Environmental Studies collections for children.

An Exciting Trip Through the Everglades.......2005-02-03

Trish Marx takes us on an exciting trip through the Everglades, where we learn painlessly about an area unique in the world, a eco-system that is really "a wide, slow-moving river," filled with plants and animal life found nowhere else on Earth! Our fellow travellers are students from a school perched on the eastern edge of this environment. As fifth-graders Robert, Tiler, Vedantee and Conrado begin to appreciate the significance of their neighborhood and want to participate in preserving it, so do we.

Marx has done a first-rate job of involving young readers in the
preservation and restoration of the Everglades. This award-winning book should have a place in the ecology section of every library. Photographer Karp's images enhance and complement the the text.

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Welcome to the River of Grass
Jane Yolen
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0399232214

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In the Everglades, inches deep and miles wide, mystery abounds. What may look like a smooth, silent carpet of flowing grass is actually a world teeming with life. Amid tree islands and mangrove roots are animals on the prowl. A tuft-eared bobcat gives an eerie yoooooowl, a raccoon carefully washes his food, an osprey guts a fish, and an alligator waits with shroudlike eyes for a redbelly turtle to swim too close. From creatures that fly to those that crawl, here is the cycle of life in the Everglades, presented in lilting, poetic words and lush, dramatic images. A perfect armchair tour through a surprisingly vast array of wildlife in a swampy strip unlike any other place on earth.

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Key Keepers a Keeper
This book is definitely a keeper....

A Key Keepers Mystery: The Game Begins
Liz Shore
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1424136881
Release Date: 2006-08-07

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What does a weird poem written by a dying uncle have in common with a 13-hour clock, a map with missing states, a book of island recipes, and a six-toed cat? These are just some of the clues that Emma, Maddie, and Michael must piece together in order to find and rescue Uncle Jack's greatest treasure before it is stolen by an enemy named Victor. The Game Begins with a vacation to the ancient forts of St. Augustine, but it soon leads them on a swamp tromp through the Everglades and then into the coral reefs of the Florida Keys. What they discover there will change their lives forever. They hold the keys to this mystery. They are the Key Keepers.

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Key Keepers a Keeper.......2007-05-02

As a 30 year veteran of children's literature, I recommend this book for reading together or as a class project. Not only will students enjoy the characterization of Emma, Maddie and Michael, but they will also learn about the geographics of the setting of the story. Readers will be eager to be just one step ahead of the adventure-seeking trio. This is a series to take note of for middle readers. A great effort for a beginning author.

This book is definitely a keeper...........2007-01-13

Great educational mystery novel, I enjoyed reading it just as much as my 10 year old son, we both enjoyed it even though mystery novels are not his genre, they are mine! Highly recommended for family or classroom reading. Looking forward to more books from this author.

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The Book of the Tarpon
A.W. Dimock , and Tosh Brown
Manufacturer: Meadow Run Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 1886967156

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After an astonishing career on Wall Street, Anthony Weston Dimock pioneered the modern sport of tarpon fishing. This legendary 1911 masterwork embodies all of the expeditionary drama and excitement you would expect pursuing a primitive fish in primitive waters while using primitive equipment. It is a delight--vintage Florida and the Everglades teeming with leaping, crashing, somersaulting fish--defining, in many ways, what a great fishing book should be. With a new introduction by author/angler Tosh Brown, we are proud to publish this one again, our third edition.

The Panther Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries)

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Exciting
It was okay.
It was a good book.

The Panther Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Manufacturer: Albert Whitman & Company
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Binding: Paperback

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Exciting.......2007-02-17

The Panther Mystery is a good book. My son and I read it together and had a hard time putting it down.

It was okay........2001-03-12

i own this book and i think this is not exactly the best of the boxcar children book series. it is exactly in between. in my opinion this book was a teeny bit boring. if you want your money's worth i don't think you would want to buy this book.

It was a good book........1999-01-21

There was a lot of adventure. If you like Boxcar Children books, you would probably like this one too.

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