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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 slaves.

Describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went on to become governor of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

Growing up without a mother and with an aloof father on a cattle ranch in Florida in the first part of the 1900s has made Titus very close to his older brother, Micah, and determined to make Micah proud of him when the two go on their first cattle drive together.

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

A biography of the Spanish sailor and explorer who established a colony at St. Augustine and claimed former French lands in Florida for Spain.

Nina, Joe, and Bob go to south Florida to battle the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Examines the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon and other Spanish conquistadors in Florida and the southwestern region of what is now the United States, and discusses the founding of St. Augustine by Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

The twins' school trip to Florida starts off smashingly as Ashley is made captain of the triathlon team, but the adventure turns sour when Mary-Kate loses her diary and the dreaded Dana Woletsky shows up and tries to steal the loyalty of Ashley's team and the affection of her boyfriend.

In 1942 in Florida, junior high school student Max does his bit to help the war effort at home while his father is fighting overseas for their fellow Jews.

Introduces the geography, animals, tourist sites, and other facts about Florida.