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"After a long and treacherous journey south, Andrew and Jamie have finally found safety in the Florida Keys. But they soon learn that safety doesn't always mean happily ever after. Settling into life in the Islamorada colony with other survivors of the bug, Andrew believes they've finally found themselves a home, even a family. But anxious Jamie is less comfortable in their new community and is eager to return north to keep the promise they made to their friend Henri--to bring her to the colony and reunite her with her daughter. Besides, would it really be so bad to find someplace just for the two of them? When a hurricane and a shocking betrayal force them to leave the colony in search of new shelter, it brings their tensions to a head--and puts them in the path of some old enemies. Andrew and Jamie must set aside their differences to survive once more and find a new home. But what if 'home' means different things to each of them?"--Provided by publisher.

"What happens when a bunch of teens get together at the Florida Keys for an unforgettable summer of Treasure hunting? After obsessing over a history lesson at school, Joshua enlists his two best friends to travel to the Florida Keys for the summer to hunt for the treasure of Our Lady of Atocha, a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. Staying up, sneaking out, and searching for a legendary buried treasure is just the beginning of the summer of their lives!"--Amazon.com.

Eleven-year-old Frank Fern?ndez and his family move to Spectacle Key, Florida, where he befriends a girl who needs Frank's help breaking the curse plaguing the island.

"Valerie's father owns a famous resort in the Florida Keys. Merissa works at the resort to fund her education. Valerie is a bit self-centered and does not treat the resort's employees with much respect. Then an unexpected storm strands Valerie and Merissa on a deserted island. Can they survive?"--Provided by publisher.

Camping in the Florida Keys with his parents, Jeff finds an abandoned, mistreated dog that he desperately wants for his own.

While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral.

In the early decades of the twentieth century, there were no weather satellites, radar, hurricane-hunter airplaces, computers, or sophisticated instrument telemetry. Meteorology was based on individual forecasters and their observational, analytical, and interpretive skills. The first documented Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the continental United States was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane which came ashore on the upper Florida Keys. Its winds were estimated at more than 225 miles per hour and it had a seventeen foot storm surge. Among the more than 400 men, women, and children who died were long-time residents, families on vacation, and World War I veterans sent there by the federal government. This book documents the disaster and its aftermath.

"Tristan Hunt is having trouble keeping his newfound underwater talents a secret. And if undercover spies and a mysterious illness threatening to expose his special summer camp in the Florida Keys weren't enough, reports of dying fish and disappearing sponge in the Caribbean call Tristan and his friends back into action"--Provided by publisher.

"Fishing for barracuda from a kayak in the Florida Keys. That's what Jim Webb thinks this resort vacation with his grandfather should be about. Except the dying resort owner holds the key to legend about a generations-old crime. A crime that is worth way too much to those who want the legend to be true. Webb soon discovers that what lurks in the sun, sand and shallow waters of the Keys is much more dangerous than a slashing game fish. And along the way, he learns an important truth about himself and his own past"--Amazon.com.

In the first story, the Alden children uncover a plot to sabotage the Greenfield Bears baseball team. While visiting the Florida Keys, the Aldens encounter suspicious characters, strange incidents at night, and a plot to steal valuable coral in the second story. Finally, in the third story, the Boxcar Children go to summer camp, where they suspect that someone is cheating during the Camp Olympics.