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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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Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day,...
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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 boy 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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Dive volume 1
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English
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Sharks, shipwreck, and sunken treasure in the latest adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman.Four kids are on a marine expedition for the summer, diving to explore an underwater habitat that's just been altered by a seismic event. What they find, though, is much more than fish - it's sunken treasure. Can they salvage it without anyone else getting to it first? Will the prospect of wealth set them against one another? And what about those sharks...
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 2
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English
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Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee 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.
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The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 3
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English
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After two out-of-season hurricanes nearly destroy her island home, Corinne discovers that the god Huracan is angry and she, aided by friends and enemies alike, races to calm him.
10) A comb of wishes
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Twelve-year-old Kela is still mourning her mother when she finds a mermaid's comb while she and her friend are looking for sea glass on her Caribbean island; such combs have magic in them, and touching it opens a connection to the mermaid Ophidia who can grant her wish, to bring her mother back to life--but all wishes have consequences, and magic demands a price which may prove to be more painful than the loss of her mother.
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Zombie chasers volume 6
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English
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"The zombie chasers head to the high seas in search of a cure for the rezombified nation"--
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"Mama says jumbies exist only in stories. So Naya sets out on a nighttime adventure to find out for herself... Naya is sure that jumbies are real. Some have big mouths. Or thick fur. Or glowing skin. Or sharp teeth. Kind of like her new friends"--
14) The cay
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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.
16) Dive trilogy
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star have been chosen to spend the summer exploring the Caribbean. They begin their adventure thinking they will learn to dive and study marine life, but they soon realize that the people running their program are hiding something important. Soon, they discover sunken treasure in a British ship and find they're not the only ones who want to keep it.
17) Isla
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Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A young girl and her grandmother take an imaginary journey to the Caribbean island where her mother grew up and where some of her family still lives.
18) Demon pirate
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Series
Bilge rat - pirate adventurer volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The maniacal pirate Black Tarantula emerges as a scourge across the West Indies and only Captain Eden can stop the nautical fiend.
20) Into the storm
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Pawtriot dogs volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After their victory in Texas, the Pawtriots are en route back home to Washington, DC. But when a massive storm on the Atlantic Ocean rolls in, Sergeant Rico and his team take shelter on a mysterious island in the Caribbean"--
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