Because Of Winn-dixie
When a little girl named Opal and her preacher father move to a small Southern town, she adopts a dog named Winn-Dixie.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 709
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: dogs, city and town life, florida [X], pets, realistic fiction, children's stories, children's audiobooks, animals, audiobooks [X], electronic books, electronic books, juvenile fiction / social issues / emotions & feelings, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / animals / dogs
Hoot
Roy Eberhardt is used to the new-kid drill. His family has lived all over, and Florida bullies are pretty much like bullies everywhere.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 354
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: burrowing owl, owls, environmental protection, burrowing owls, florida [X], newbery, large type books, children's audiobooks, audiobooks [X], compact discs, sequoyah, horses, writing, historical fiction, native americans, indians of north america
Flush
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 311
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: environmental protection, river boats, fathers, florida [X], children's audiobooks, audiobooks [X], large type books, large print books, electronic books
The Tiger Rising
Twelve-year-old Rob Horton finds a tiger in the misty Florida woods.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 232
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: tigers, animals, wood carving, friendship, florida [X], animal welfare, tiger, children's audiobooks, wood-carving, audiobooks [X], compact discs, large print books, animal fiction, realistic fiction
Chomp
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.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 139
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: reality television programs, television, missing persons, wildlife refuges, everglades (fla.), florida [X], adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adventure fiction, large type books, audiobooks [X]
Tangerine
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 289
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: soccer, brothers, visually handicapped, physically handicapped, diaries, florida [X], people with visual disabilities, people with disabilities, soccer stories, people with disabilities fiction, audiobooks [X], spanish language, people with physical disabilities
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God", as well as discussion of the characters, themes, and includes study questions.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 212
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1080
subjects: african american women, man-woman relationships, women, african americans, self-realization, large type books, florida [X], allegories, closed captioning, dvds, love, closed caption video recordings, love stories, compact discs, audiobooks [X], psychological fiction, man-woman relationship, hurston, zora neale, psychological fiction
The Orchid Thief
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.
635.9
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: 635.9
lexile:
subjects: laroche, john, orlean, susan, polyradicion lindenii, nursery growers, plant collectors, environmental protection, orchids, hollywood (fla.), florida [X], audiobooks [X]
Predator
Dr. Kay Scarpetta is now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women physicians, forensic pathologists, scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), florida [X], literature, modern, forensic pathology, scarpetta, kay, audiobooks [X], mystery fiction
Hoot
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: audiobooks [X], environmental protection, owls, burrowing owls, florida [X], children's audiobooks