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Copper Sun

Sharon M. Draper

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to

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Marley & Me

John Grogan

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world.

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Predator

Patricia Daniels Cornwell

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Predator

Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, working for the National Forensic Academy, joins her colleagues in a bizarre case that leads them on a trail of horrific crimes from Florida to Boston.

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Marley & Me

John Grogan

The author presents a tender story of his family's love for their golden retriever, Marley, and recalls how he grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult that no amount of obedience

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Letting Go of Bobby James, Or, How I Found Myself of Steam

Valerie Hobbs

After being left by her husband at a gas station in Florida, sixteen-year-old Sally Jo Walker, also known as Jody, makes some difficult decisions and a better life for herself.

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Alas, Babylon

Pat Frank

A small Florida town is spared from the destruction that the rest of the world suffers when the bomb is dropped.

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Mules and Men

Zora Neale Hurston

A collection of African American folklore that has formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery.

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Darkness

John Saul

Something evil lurks in the swamp of Villejeune, Florida waiting to claim another victim.

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Florida

Carole Chester

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