Any suggestions for Florida history/geography books for logic stage?

[Melissa B]

We have a few books already, but I haven't found one that I really love and haven't been able to pull what I have together. I would like to do a semester long class.

Thanks!

[FloridaLisa]

A couple off the top of my head:

The Yearling, Marjorie Kinan Rawling (a must-read; cracker Florida; best older logic students around 8th grade);

Strawberry Girl, Lois Lenski (for the young logic crowd; set in Plant City area)

War Chief of the Seminoles , a Landmark book

A Land Remembered, Young Reader Edition, Patrick Smith (I've only read the original edition; this is usually on the shelf at Barnes and Noble so you could preview)

Two of my boys will be in a book club this summer covering, among other titles, these books by Jane Wood: Voices in St. Augustine, Adventures on Amelia Island andTrouble on St. Johns River. I've not yet ordered the books so I don't know the grade level. The book club is targeted for rising 6th graders. The author's website is www.janewoodbooks.com

Hope that helps --
Lisa

P.S. I remembered another Florida book. Eugenia Price wrote a wonderful book called Maria, about a woman who lived in St. Augustine during its British rule. Her house is the oldest house in St. Augustine and can be toured. Though not distasteful, it is a romance and may be a bit much yet for your 10-yr-old.

[Sasharowan]

The Barefoot Mailman, about delivering the mail from about Cocoa area down the coast to Miami area when it was all done on foot and by boat, very few settlers.

[Melissa B]

Thanks for the suggestions! I have A Land Remembered, but didn't realize there was a children's version. That would be good.

We've read Strawberry Girl and The Yearling. But, I'm looking into all of the others now.