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1) The jumbies
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
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English
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Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.
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English
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Having survived being blinded and shipwrecked on a tiny Caribbean island with the old black man, Timothy, twelve year old white Phillip is rescued and hopes to regain his sight with an operation. Alternate chapters follow the life of Timothy from his days as a young cabin boy.
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English
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When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor's sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates -- led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver -- will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs....
4) The danger
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Dive trilogy volume 3
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English
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Four kids discover treasure at the bottom of the sea and try to remove it from the sunken ship it's in.
5) The Deep
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Dive trilogy volume 2
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English
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The adventure runs deep in this second action-packed installment of Gordon Korman's sunken treasure trilogy. Gordon Korman is the beloved author of over one hundred novels for young readers, including hilarious middle-grade classics such as the Macdonald Hall series, I Want to Go Home and Slacker. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gordon grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, and now lives in New York with his family. Visit him online at www.gordonkorman.com....
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
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English
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Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinne when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
7) Ship
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English
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Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.
8) The Cay
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English
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When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 37
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English
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Frank and Joe Hardy tackle native voodoo, a dangerous gang of criminals, and a mysterious ghost when they set out to search for their father in the Caribbean islands.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 7
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English
Description
Only Steve Duncan and his friend Pitch know of the valley hidden behind the high cliffs of the remote Caribbean Azul Island. And only the two of them know of the beautiful, purebred horses that live there, under the watchful eye of the great red stallion, Flame. But when Pitch's half-brother Tom learns of this lost paradise, he will stop at nothing to make it his own, even if he has to destroy it.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 4
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English
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When Steve Duncan is asked to go on an archeological search on a remote Caribbean island, he never imagines the stallion he will find there. But the giant horse is unapproachable, showing nothing but fear and fury towards people. When the stallion gets caught in quicksand, can Steve get close enough to save the wild horse?
12) The Caribbean
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Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, economy, government, people, transportation, education, and culture of the Caribbean Area.
16) The Caribbean
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Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Discusses some of the foods enjoyed in the Caribbean region and describes special foods that are part of such specific celebrations as Christmas and New Year, Carnival, the Crop Over harvest festival, and Phagwa.
17) Ocean S.O.S
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Wild rescue volume 6
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[c2012]
Language
English
Description
When a captive-bred dolphin is dumped in the Caribbean, the twins, Ben and Zoe, set out to locate and guide him to safety--but when a storm overturns their boat they find that the tables have turned.
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to - and naming of - Florida is one of his greatest legacies"--
