Manatee Blues

Manatee Blues
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101563451

Dr. Mac has brought Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe to Florida to visit her friend Gretchen, a marine biologist who runs a manatee rescue center that’s in desperate need of money. Brenna’s immediately drawn to the endangered, gentle giants, and wants to do whatever she can to help them—and the center. But is she causing trouble where she wants to help?

Manatee Blues

Manatee Blues
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142410845

Dr. Mac has brought Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe to Florida to visit her friend Gretchen, a marine biologist who runs a manatee rescue center that’s in desperate need of money. Brenna’s immediately drawn to the endangered, gentle giants, and wants to do whatever she can to help them—and the center. But is she causing trouble where she wants to help?

Tattoo Blues

Tattoo Blues
Author: Michael McClelland
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2005
Genre: Cedar Keys (Fla. : Islands)
ISBN: 0743477324

Desiree Dean, a runaway wealthy kid, accidentally sets a tattoo parlor ablaze, resulting in a mysterious explosion that leaves the Florida Gulf Coast fishing village of Cedar Key in an uproar.

Fight for Life

Fight for Life
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101176660

Maggie’s grandmother runs an animal clinic, Dr. Mac’s Place, so Maggie knows her way around animals who are in danger. When she learns that the abused and sick puppies flooding the clinic are from an illegal puppy mill, she knows that she has to find out who’s running it, where it is—and save the rest of the dogs!

Homeless

Homeless
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101176679

Sunita has always wanted a cat, but her parents are dead set against it. Then she finds a group of strays living in the wild, and knows she can domesticate them—even though she’s been told that these are feral cats, who see humans as their enemies. First, she convinces Dr. Mac to examine the cats, fix them, and give them shots. Then she wants to re-release the cats, now healthy, into the neighborhood. The problem is, the neighbors consider the cats dangerous pests. Will Sunita's plan backfire?

Precious Bones

Precious Bones
Author: Mika Ashley-Hollinger
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 030793070X

Meet ten-year-old Bones, whose playground is the Florida swamps, brimming with mystical witches, black bears, alligators and bobcats. Bones' father, Nolay, a Miccosukee Indian, is smart and mischievous. Her Mama, practical as corn bread, can see straight into Bones' soul. It's summer, and Bones is busy hunting and fishing with her best friend, Little Man. But then two Yankee real estate agents trespass on her family's land, and Nolay scares them off with his gun. When a storm blows in and Bones and Little Man uncover something horrible at the edge of the Loo-chee swamp, the evidence of foul play points to Nolay. The only person that can help Nolay is Sheriff LeRoy, who's as slow as pond water. Bones is determined to take matters into her own hands. If it takes a miracle, then a miracle is what she will deliver.

The Manatee Scientists

The Manatee Scientists
Author: Peter Lourie
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 054715254X

Highlights the work scientists are doing to protect the manatee, an endangered species.

Speak: The Graphic Novel

Speak: The Graphic Novel
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466897872

The bestselling, award-winning modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel—adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and brought to life visually by Eisner Award winner Emily Carroll. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back—and refuses to be silent. The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book about consent, healing, and finding your voice comes alive for new audiences and fans of the original novel in Speak: The Graphic Novel.

Storm Rescue

Storm Rescue
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2008-06-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1440635358

Sunita Patel is book smart and good with cats. When a hurricane approaches, Sunita realizes that Lucy, a diabetic cat with a broken leg, is in danger, along with her owner, Mrs. Clark. When the vets are called out on emergency, the evacuation starts. Will Sunita be able to save Lucy or will she be a scaredy-cat?