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| Escape From Fear (Mysteries in Our National Park) | 
| Authors: Gloria Skurzynski, Alane Ferguson
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Category: Book
List Price: $5.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 870662
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0792267826
EAN: 9780792267829
ASIN: 0792267826
Publication Date: July 1, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Very good condition, wear from reading. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged but may have spine creases from reading.
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Product Description
The Landons are in Virgin Islands National Park to help figure out what is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear. Jack and Ashley become involved with Forrest Winthrop IV, the adopted son of a U.S. diplomat. Why is he so anxious to save an island woman named Cimmaron, and what secret do they share? The action builds to a dramatic climax at Jumbie Bay, where a full moon finally reveals all.
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 book June 1, 2008
great story line kids have read all the books in the series and really enjoyed them
 Escape from Fear (Mysteries in our National Parks) September 17, 2007
My 11 yr old grandson, who is an avid reader, has read all 11 of the current Mysteries in our National Parks series. We purchased the first one while on a trip as a souvenir; subsequently I have purchased the remaining editions available and we are awaiting the 12th book. He is collecting the series, and plans to donate them to his elementary school's library at some point in the future. He has reread many of the issues. These books are excellent for the 10+ year old who is beginning to read "chapter" books.
Virgin Islands setting; Caribbean culture and history June 1, 2005
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This book, ninth in the "Mysteries in Our National Parks" series, is set in the Virgin Islands National Park. The authors deftly weave information about endangered coral reefs and hawksbill turtles into the story, as well as Caribbean culture and history: Jumbies (evil spirits), basket-making, sugar plantations, the 1733 slave revolt, Haitian Macoutes, and the smuggling of illegal aliens from Haiti to the Virgin Islands. A map of the park and an afterword by a marine ecologist are included. The story's politically-correct ending is somewhat unbelievable, but the story will appeal to middle grade students reading at approximately fifth-grade level.
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