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Florida

2013
An introduction to Florida, covering the state's location, history, flower, seal, flag, bird, capital, goods, and more.

The great pig search

2001
Bert and Ethel go to Florida to look for their runaway pigs and find them in unexpected places.

Chomp

2012
The difficult star of the reality television show, "Expedition Survival," disappears on location in the Florida Everglades, where they were filming animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, and Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him, but they must avoid Tuna's gun-happy father.

The orchid thief

2000
Chronicles the 1994 crime story of John Laroche, a plant dealer who teamed up with three Seminole Indians to steal rare orchids from a southern Florida swamp with the intention of having the orchids cloned to sell to collectors; examines the ramifications of the case, which concerned a wide variety of groups, including environmentalists, Native Americans, and orchid enthusiasts.

Violet Raines almost got struck by lightning

2008
In 1970's Florida, eleven-year-old Violet's world is turned upside down by the arrival of a girl from Detroit who seems bent on stealing Violet's best friends.

Down Sand Mountain

2008
In a small Florida mining town in 1966, twelve-year-old Dewey faces one worst-day-ever after another, but comes to know that the issues he faces about bullies, girls, race, and identity are part of the adult world, as well.

I was a non-blonde cheerleader

2005
As a brunette on the all-blonde cheerleading squad at her new Florida high school, sophomore Annisa Gobrowski tries to fit in with her popular teammates without losing the friendship of Bethany, the only other non-blonde at the school.

Lay that trumpet in our hands

2003
After Florida Klansmen abduct and kill a nineteen-year-old African-American citrus picker in the spring of 1951, Reesa McMahon finds the world she knows and the people she loves forever changed by the tragedy.

The yearling

1986
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

Brunettes strike back

2006
Still the only non-blonde on her Florida cheerleading squad, sixteen-year-old Annisa makes some decisions about how far she will go to fit in with her team while also staying true to herself.

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