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61) Night whispers
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A policewoman in a small Florida community, Sloan Reynolds knows that her modest upbringing is a long way from the social whirl of Palm Beach, the world inhabited by her father and her sister, Paris. But when an FBI agent informers her that her father and his associates are suspected of fraud, conspiracy, and murder, Sloan agrees to accept the sudden invitation they extend to have her join them for the Palm Beach season.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 179
Publisher
[Natural Hazards Center]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The objective of this research was to examine the performance of both the Red Cross and FEMA following a major disaster.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller "Devil in the Grove" comes a gripping story of sex, race, class, corruption, and the arc of justice. In December 1957, Blanche Bosanquet Knowles, the wealthy young wife of a citrus baron, is raped in her home while her husband is away. Journalist Mabel Norris Reese and an inexperienced young lawyer pursue the case, winning unlikely allies and chasing down leads until at long last they begin...
64) The following
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When notorious serial killer Joe Carroll escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing spree, the FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy, a psychologically scarred veteran who captured Carroll nine years earlier, after Carroll murdered fourteen female students on a college campus where he taught literature. Knowing Carroll better than anyone and close with Carroll's ex-wife, Claire, Hardy works closely with an FBI team, which includes no-nonsense...
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Spanish governor who raised a seven-thousand soldier army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico during the Revolutionary War in America.
Author
Series
Serge Storms novels volume 26
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Serge A. Storms is back on the road in the latest zany Florida caper from the "wickedly funny" (Entertainment Weekly) Tim Dorsey"--
Author
Series
Neighborhood series (Adrian Fogelin) volume 5
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In Florida, Anna Casey lives with what she hopes is the last in a long line of foster mothers, and Mica Delano lives with her father on their small boat, and when the two of them begin corresponding, they discover they have a lot in common.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In post-Civil War New York, an investor mounts an operation to free a group of children held as slaves in Florida. The investor is William Bartholomew who served in the Union army as a sniper and he does it at the behest of his Creole girlfriend. By the author of The Mutual Friend.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Glimmer of Hope is the official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders. "This is a clarion call to action for teens, by teens, and is moving and powerful."--Booklist, Starred Review Glimmer of Hope tells the story of how a group of teenagers raced to channel their rage and sorrow into action, and went on to create one of the largest youth-led movements in global history. In keeping up with their ongoing fight to end gun-violence...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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.
73) Fodor's Florida
Author
Series
Publisher
Fodor's Travel Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of Florida, including Miami's Art Deco District, Orlando's theme parks, and the Gulf Coast's tempting beaches. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth"
74) Hidden creed
Author
Series
Ryder Creed novels volume 6
Publisher
Prairie Wind Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"During a training exercise, Creed's scent dog, Grace, is drawn off course and discovers a shallow grave. The body was never meant to be found, hidden deep in an isolated part of Florida's Blackwater River State Forest. The remote area has no easy access in or out. The killer obviously hoped his secret would be scattered and swallowed up by the forces of nature. When Creed's dogs continue to find more remains, investigators quickly realize they're...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys. For the tourists traveling on Henry Flagler's legendary Overseas Railroad, Labor Day weekend is an opportunity to forget the economic depression gripping the nation. But one person's paradise can be another's prison, and Key West-native Helen Berner yearns to escape. After the Cuban Revolution of 1933 leaves Mirta Perez's family...
76) Cocaine cowboys
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The cocaine trade of the '70s and '80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed the once sleepy retirement community and turned it into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots and the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin Cartel. By the early '80s, Miami's tripled homicide rate had made it the murder captial of the country.