The Treasure of Amelia Island

Informationen zum Autor By M C Finotti Klappentext Accelerated Reader Quiz #129357. Level 5.3Winner of the Florida Historical Society's Horgan Award, The Treasure of Amelia Island focuses on eleven-year-old Mary Kingsley, daughter of historical figure Ana Jai Kingsley.It is December 1813. Mary and her family live in La Florida, a Spanish territory under siege by Patriots of the United States of America. The Patriots want to force Spain out of the land it has ruled for nearly three hundred years. Mary is the youngest child of former slave Ana Jai. Her white father freed Mary and the rest of the family, but the Patriots don't care. They see no place for freed people of color in a new Florida and want to make Mary's family slaves again. Against these mighty events, Mary decides to search for a legendary pirate treasure with her brother, George, and her half-brother, Diego. This treasure hunt, filled with danger and recklessness, changes Mary forever.The Kingsley family actually existed in this era. Zephaniah Kingsley married the African slave Ana Jai. He freed her and their three children and they lived at a plantation that you can visit today in northeast Florida.Next in series > >See all of the books in this series

Product details

• Authors: M C Finotti, M. C. Finotti
• Publisher: Pineapple press usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2008
• EAN: 9781561644162
• ISBN: 978-1-56164-416-2
• No. of pages: 97
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Florida Historical Fiction for; Florida Historical Fiction for Youth; Florida Historical Fiction for Youth; Florida Historical Fiction for
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, United States of America, USA, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / United States