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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
When Korean American Jasmine Yap's long-time boyfriend, Paul, is caught cheating on her, her giant, overprotective family secretly arranges to use her graduation party to introduce her to Orlando's most eligible men.
Author
Language
English
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Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking strawberries. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is the heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, jut itching to start a feud.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection...
Author
Publisher
Poppy, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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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.
5) The yearling
Author
Language
English
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Description
"An instant bestseller when it was published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been beloved by readers of all ages for the last eighty years. Set in the 1870s, this classic story of one family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central Florida is a rich and varied tale. The Yearling is tender in its understanding of childhood, filled with excitement of the backwoods hunt and vivid descriptions of the countryside, and written...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Rosa Santos, a Cuban American, works to save her Florida town, seeks admittance to study abroad in her homeland, and wonders if love can break her family's curse. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother,...
7) Awaken
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she'd be forced to live forever in the Underworld. But now her happiness and safety are threatened because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules, and the only way to fix the balance is for someone to die"--
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Series
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.
11) Abandon
Author
Series
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Vergara y Riba Editoras
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Todo el mundo sabe que las mujeres Santos están malditas. Que solo traen mala suerte y acarrean desgracias. Que si te enamoras de una de ellas tu vida le pertenecerá al mar. Que están destinadas a llorar en los muelles a sus amores perdidos. Y Rosa no es la excepción. Carga sobre sus hombros la superstición y teme a su herencia casi tanto como a su futuro. Hasta que Alex entra a su vida. Un chico con un barco del que definitivamente no debería...
17) Amor armado
Author
Publisher
Lumen Narrativa
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection...
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