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Author: M C. Finotti Publisher: Pineapple Press ISBN: 1561645362 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 105
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Accelerated Reader Quiz #129357. Level 5.3 Winner of the Florida Historical Society's Horgan Award, The Treasure of Amelia Island focuses on eleven-year-old Mary Kingsley, daughter of historical figure Ana Jai Kingsley. It is December 1813. Mary and her family live in La Florida, a Spanish territory under siege by Patriots of the United States of America. The Patriots want to force Spain out of the land it has ruled for nearly three hundred years. Mary is the youngest child of former slave Ana Jai. Her white father freed Mary and the rest of the family, but the Patriots don't care. They see no place for freed people of color in a new Florida and want to make Mary's family slaves again. Against these mighty events, Mary decides to search for a legendary pirate treasure with her brother, George, and her half-brother, Diego. This treasure hunt, filled with danger and recklessness, changes Mary forever. The Kingsley family actually existed in this era. Zephaniah Kingsley married the African slave Ana Jai. He freed her and their three children and they lived at a plantation that you can visit today in northeast Florida. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author: M C. Finotti Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1561645958 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
Accelerated Reader Quiz #129357. Level 5.3 Winner of the Florida Historical Society's Horgan Award, The Treasure of Amelia Island focuses on eleven-year-old Mary Kingsley, daughter of historical figure Ana Jai Kingsley. It is December 1813. Mary and her family live in La Florida, a Spanish territory under siege by Patriots of the United States of America. The Patriots want to force Spain out of the land it has ruled for nearly three hundred years. Mary is the youngest child of former slave Ana Jai. Her white father freed Mary and the rest of the family, but the Patriots don't care. They see no place for freed people of color in a new Florida and want to make Mary's family slaves again. Against these mighty events, Mary decides to search for a legendary pirate treasure with her brother, George, and her half-brother, Diego. This treasure hunt, filled with danger and recklessness, changes Mary forever. The Kingsley family actually existed in this era. Zephaniah Kingsley married the African slave Ana Jai. He freed her and their three children and they lived at a plantation that you can visit today in northeast Florida. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author: Jane R. Wood Publisher: ISBN: 9780979230400 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Adventures on Amelia Island: A Pirate, a Princess, and Buried Treasure continues the escapades of the Johnson family. Five-year-old Katy meets a pirate - but is he real or imagined? Nine-year-old Bobby and his older brother Joey visit an ancient cemetery and a 19th-century fort, as Bobby searches for buried treasure that is rumored to still be hidden on the island. Local legends and tales of ghosts add to a story filled with colorful characters, humorous situations, and a youthful spirit of adventure.
Author: Maritime Archaeologist Scott R. Jensen M.A. Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 202
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This publication takes the reader thru my eyes, it describes actual events that I have witnessed and taken part of. It starts in Key West Florida and continues up the coast to Amelia Island. During my excavations I have found airplanes, concrete trucks, bombs, land mines and of course treasure!
Author: Maggie Carter-De Vries Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1434394786 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 242
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The murder in 1884, in Fernandina, Amelia Island, Florida, of a prominent citizen by a local railroad conductor, whose pretty wife may have caused the tragedy. The venue of the trial is changed to nearby Jacksonville and the jury reaches a verdict in 10 minutes.
Author: Vonda Skinner Skelton Publisher: The Overmountain Press ISBN: 9781570723070 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 196
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Twelve-year-old Bitsy Burroughs has vowed to cause no more calamities, but when a bully pushes her too far Bitsy's promise of peace comes to an end. With a deflated ego, the courageous heroine must stand up to a bully, a witch, and a ghost to discover the dark secrets of a nearby abandoned house.
Author: M C. Finotti
Author: M C. Finotti
Author: Jane R. Wood
Author: Maritime Archaeologist Sco Jensen M. a.
Author: Maritime Archaeologist Scott R. Jensen M.A.
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Author: Maggie Carter-De Vries
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Author: Vonda Skinner Skelton