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1) Jamaica
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 2 maps (1 col.) ; 26 cm.
Description
An overview of Jamaica, including information on its geography, history, government, social life and customs, and relationship with the United States.
3) Jamaica
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Jamaica"--
4) Jamaica
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Description
Discusses the history, geography, and people of Jamaica as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
Author
Pub. Date
p2009
Physical Desc
14 sound discs (ca. 16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Feared from birth for her vivid green eyes, which her fellow slaves believe to be evidence of her dark powers, young slave Lilith is both revered and avoided throughout her childhood and becomes a key in the success of a long-planned slave revolt.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
"Julie loves all kinds of fruit, but mangoes are her absolute favorite. One sticky summer afternoon, Julie goes to the big mango tree in her yard to ask for a snack. But no matter how nicely she asks or how patient she tries to be, the tree just won't drop a single sweet, juicy mango! Will Julie ever be able to convince the tree to let her have just a taste of her favorite treat?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease -- or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those...
Author
Formats
Description
While visiting her father who lives in Jamaica, eighteen-year-old Tilla faces a storm of dark secrets that threaten to unravel her own life, while an actual storm, Hurricane Gustav, threatens the lives of those she loves.
Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her, but every six months he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica. When Tilla's mother tells her she'll be spending the summer on...
Author
Description
"These Ghosts are Family centers on Abel and Vera Paisley are a working-class Jamaican couple, striving to build a better life for their children. Abel travels to London in the early 1960s in search of fortune. Instead, he sees an opportunity to escape the drudgery of his life by faking his death and assuming a new identity. Vera, now a widow, is racked with guilt over her husband's "death" and takes out her grief on her children, Irene and Vincent....
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family’s social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who’s rarely home). When Sophie is offered the chance to move to France for work, she seizes the opportunity, and promises to send for her niece in one year’s time. All Pumkin...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
Description
"Shelly-Ann lives with her grandmother on the beautiful island of Jamaica, where the sun is always shining and the weather is sweet. One afternoon, Shelly-Ann becomes hungry, so she asks Granny for something to eat. Granny tells her, 'GYAL, YOU BETTA CAN COOK!' and teaches Shelly-Ann how to cook delicious Jamaican food."--
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