Examines the history and culture of the Jamaican people, discussing religious beliefs, holiday celebrations, arts and crafts, and literature and music.
After his father leaves their family, twelve-year-old Uton Hinds, known as Tall T, tries to earn extra money in his Jamaican village and tries to further his education as he ponders how he feels about his father's behavior.
A tale inspired by the years before and after nineteenth-century Jamaica's emancipation finds the willful slave Miss July moving into her mistress's great house, where she becomes a valuable confidante, learns to read, and witnesses the Baptist War.
the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates
Rees, Celia
2005
At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe, set sail from Jamaica on a pirate vessel, hoping to escape from an arranged marriage and slavery.
A comprehensive guide to Jamaica from A.D. 1300 through the twentieth century that describes the history, natural environment, geography, culture, government, and the economy; and includes photographs, maps, a glossary, a time line, and more.
Twins Pollyread and Jackson are saved from a landslide by an extraordinary goat that blocks their path to school; but now the strange goat keeps reappearing each day as the twins' continue to experience a series of mysterious events involving the return of a local troublemaker.