The Missing Manatee

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466893597

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The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

A tribute to Florida, fishing, and family All Skeet Waters wants is to catch a big, beautiful tarpon on his fly rod - and to keep everything else in his life in Florida the way it's always been. But on his spring break from school, Skeet overhears his mother telling his father to move out permanently. Then, while riding in his boat to escape his parents' troubles, he discovers a manatee that's been shot in the head. Skeet puts aside his search for the manatee and its killer when Dirty Dan the Tarpon Man offers to take him out to catch his first tarpon on a fly. Because of Dan, Skeet begins to unravel the mysteries surrounding the manatee's apparent murder and his parents' dissolving marriage. Skeet discovers that life is a lot like tarpon fishing, in which you can't look just at the surface of the water - you have to look through it, at what lies beneath. The Missing Manatee is a nominee for the 2006 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429930536

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The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

The Ghost of Fossil Glen gripping ghost story and murder mystery by a popular and highly regarded author. Allie Nichols knows she's being pursued by a ghost. But her friend Karen calls her a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." It is Allie's old pal Dub who listens eagerly as Allie tells him about a voice that guides her safely down a steep cliff side, the face in her mind's eye of a girl who begs "Help me," and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is the girl? Is she the ghost? And what does the ghost want from Allie? As Allie discovers that her role is to avenge a murder, she also learns something about friendship, false and true, in the latest chilling tale from best selling author Cynthia DeFelice.

Author : John Lithgow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780689854521

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I'm a Manatee by John Lithgow Pdf

From time to time I dream, that I'm a manatee, undulating underneath the sea.

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484413822

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Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

When 12-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.

Author : Cynthia C. DeFelice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Boats and boating
ISBN : 1415593396

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The Missing Manatee by Cynthia C. DeFelice Pdf

While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of Spring Break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer.

Author : J.B. Moonstar
Publisher : 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781644505106

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Michelle and the Missing Manatee by J.B. Moonstar Pdf

Join Michelle on her adventure to rescue a baby manatee! As a hurricane rips through her coastal community, Michelle does her best to stay safe inside her house, but a strange siren leads her to the end of her dock. There she discovers a young manatee named Ethan who is in desperate need of help. Quickly joined by Knocker, a dragon who can transform into a human, and Alleana, the leader of the Crystal Cay mermaids, the trio devise a plan to save him. As this unique group of rescuers lead the baby manatee to safety, the worst of the hurricane hits. Trees fall, structures collapse and Michelle’s family is suddenly in danger. Michelle must overcome her fears and learn to trust others again if they are to save both Ethan and her family. Will renewed trust, compassion, and courage, along with a touch of mermaid magic, be enough? Only time will tell if Michelle can find the courage to save the day!

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466893580

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Bringing Ezra Back by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

September 1840 marks five months since twelve-year-old Nathan Fowler's life-threatening encounter with Weasel, the heartless man who stalked Nathan like a wild animal through the forest. Nathan hasn't been the same since, wary of every new person he meets - including the visiting peddler Orrin Beckwith. When Beckwith shows Nate and his family a handbill advertising a show with a "white Injun," a man without a tongue, Nathan is sure the man is his friend Ezra, who lost his tongue to Weasel's knife. Determined to save Ezra from this traveling show of "human oddities," Nathan sets out with Beckwith from Ohio to Pennsylvania. On the way, Nathan encounters more people than he's ever met before, and he begins to learn a thing or two about human nature. The biggest shock, however, is Ezra himself, and it will take more than Nathan bargained for to bring him back home.

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429955515

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The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

The second mystery solved by Allie Nichols, "ghost magnet", from author Cynthia DeFelice, author of The Ghost of Fossil Glen Just a few short weeks ago, sixth-grader Allie Nichols realized that she must be some kind of ghost magnet when she met the spirit of a murdered girl. Now, a new ghost has appeared to her, a handsome young man, and he's pointed her in the direction of her creepy cafeteria lady, Mrs. Hobbs. Allie has always suspected Mrs. Hobbs of something, and this just confirms it. So do the mysterious fires that keep breaking out every time Allie tries to investigate her. Surely Mrs. Hobbs isn't going to kill her. Or is she? “Another dangerously thrilling supernatural adventure . . . A diverting and suspenseful ghost story offering a likeable protagonist and a thrilling romantic spark.” —The Horn Book

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429990950

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The Ghost of Cutler Creek by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

The third book about Allie Nichols, "ghost magnet" Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she's sure that another one is trying to reach her. But how can Allie help a ghost who won't speak? All she has to go on is a sound -- a sort of whine -- and a smell. At the same time, a strange boy joins her sixth-grade class. Allie doesn't understand why L. J. Cutler would start a new school at the end of the year, or why he's such a surly kid. She wants nothing to do with him. Then Mr. Henry, a teacher she loves, asks Allie to dog-sit Hoover, his golden retriever, while he's away and to befriend L.J. over the summer. She's delighted to spend time with Hoover, but she hardly looks forward to visiting L. J. Cutler -- until she discovers a connection between L.J., the ghost, and Hoover. This new book about Allie Nichols is another masterful novel of suspense by an author who consistently writes solid, entertaining stories.

Author : Cynthia C. DeFelice,Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780380723966

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Lostman's River by Cynthia C. DeFelice,Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

In the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Tyler encounters vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joins the battle to protect that fragile environment.

Author : Cynthia C DeFelice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1417824077

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Missing Manatee -Lib by Cynthia C DeFelice Pdf

Skeet Waters discovers a manatee that's been shot in the head, and soon begins to unravel the mysteries that surround both the manatee's apparent murder and his parents' dissolving marriage.

Author : Brian Skerry
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426306164

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Face to Face with Manatees by Brian Skerry Pdf

This series goes behind the scenes with the people who research and photograph wild animals to put the reader right into the action; each title includes a scientific experiment, a glossary, a facts at a glance section and more.

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1429955910

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Under the Same Sky by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

A teenager discovers racism and romance on his father's farm For his fourteenth birthday, Joe Pedersen wants a motorbike that costs nearly a thousand dollars. But his mom says the usual birthday gift is fifty dollars, and his dad wants Joe to earn the rest of the money himself and "find out what a real day's work feels like." Angry that his father doesn't think he's up to the job, Joe joins the Mexican laborers who come to his father's farm each summer. Manuel, the crew boss, is only sixteen, yet highly regarded by the other workers and the Pedersen family. Joe's resentment grows when his father treats Manuel as an equal. Compared with Manuel, Joe knows nothing about planting and hoeing cabbage and picking strawberries. But he toughs out the long, grueling days in the hot sun, determined not only to make money but to gain the respect of his stern, hardworking father. Joe soon learns about the problems and fears the Mexicans live with every day, and, before long, thanks to Manuel, his beautiful cousin Luisa, and the rest of the crew, Joe comes to see the world in a whole different way. In her sensitive new novel, Cynthia DeFelice explores our dependency on migrant workers and simultaneous reluctance to let these people into our country and into our lives. Under the Same Sky is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Jill Heinerth
Publisher : Heinerth Productions Incorporated
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1940944082

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Chester the Manatee and the Very, Very, Terribly Bad Itch by Jill Heinerth Pdf

Chester the Manatee and the Very, Very, Terribly Bad Itch follows the life of a gentle manatee that faces struggles from a very annoying itch. He reaches out to a young girl who helps him discover the cause of his problems. The little girl helps Chester by teaching people about keeping water clean. Chester the Manatee supports children who feel different, embrace their special characteristics. The book celebrates unique kids as remarkable people who help teach others about important issues.

Author : Cynthia Defelice
Publisher : Aladdin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0689832818

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Weasel by Cynthia Defelice Pdf