west indies

Twelve-year-old Milagros survives an invasion of her Caribbean island home, escapes with the help of sea creatures, and learns about a mother's love when cast ashore on another island.

Adrift at sea with four convict companions, Tom and the boys come upon a deserted ship, but unforeseeable events lead Tom to discover that for his own survival, he must make unimaginable decisions.

Profiles the countries in North America, Central America, and the West Indies.

Examines the cultures of the Caribbean people and their relationship to their environment, and explores the geography, natural science, and history of this unique region.

Fourteen-year-old Casey dreads leaving her friends and boyfriend to spend a boring summer on a Caribbean island with her naturalist father, stepmother, and brothers, but she has some life-changing experiences that include learning to sail, helping with turtle conservation, surviving storms, and romance.

Presents various aspects of life in the Caribbean through interviews with twenty-six people representating different age groups, occupations, and countries in the area. Also includes a section of brief facts about the area and a glossary.

Story of a young woman in the Caribbean whose family's past will be used against her by her cold-hearted and prideful husband, Rochester.

An annotated edition of Jean Rhys's novel centered upon Bertha, the Jamaican madwoman in the attic in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"; includes several of Rhys's letters, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and works of criticism discussing such aspects of the novel as colonialism, race, and Caribbean culture.