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Mysteries in Our National Parks: Escape From Fear

A Mystery in Virgin Islands National Park

Part of Mysteries in Our National Park

Author Gloria Skurzynski, Alane Ferguson
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Disney - RHCB | National Geographic Kids
On sale May 25, 2011 | 160 Pages | 9781426309724
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The Landons are in the Caribbean, in Virgin Islands National Park, to figure out what is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear. Jack and Ashley find themselves hopelessly entangled in the mysterious life of Forrest Winthrop IV, the adopted son of a U.S. diplomat. Why is he so anxious to save an island woman named Cimmaron? What secret do they share? Follow the action to Jumbie Bay and see what the full moon reveals.
Gloria Skurzynski is an award-winning children’s book author. The recipient of the Eugene Emme Award of the American Astronautical Society, she is the author of The Minstrel in the Tower, What Happened in Hamelin, and This is Rocket Science. She lives with her husband in Boise, Idaho. View titles by Gloria Skurzynski
Alane Ferguson is an award-winning writer. Her first mystery, Show Me the Evidence, won the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Elizabeth, CO.

Award-winning author Gloria Skurzynski has written more than 30 children’s books. Her non-fiction book, Almost the Real Thing, won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. She has written several non-fiction books for National Geographic including Are We Alone?, an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Young People and an IRA/CBC Young Adults’ Choice for 2006 . She lives in Boise, ID. View titles by Alane Ferguson

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The Landons are in the Caribbean, in Virgin Islands National Park, to figure out what is destroying the coral reefs and causing the hawksbill sea turtle to disappear. Jack and Ashley find themselves hopelessly entangled in the mysterious life of Forrest Winthrop IV, the adopted son of a U.S. diplomat. Why is he so anxious to save an island woman named Cimmaron? What secret do they share? Follow the action to Jumbie Bay and see what the full moon reveals.

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Gloria Skurzynski is an award-winning children’s book author. The recipient of the Eugene Emme Award of the American Astronautical Society, she is the author of The Minstrel in the Tower, What Happened in Hamelin, and This is Rocket Science. She lives with her husband in Boise, Idaho. View titles by Gloria Skurzynski
Alane Ferguson is an award-winning writer. Her first mystery, Show Me the Evidence, won the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Elizabeth, CO.

Award-winning author Gloria Skurzynski has written more than 30 children’s books. Her non-fiction book, Almost the Real Thing, won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. She has written several non-fiction books for National Geographic including Are We Alone?, an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Young People and an IRA/CBC Young Adults’ Choice for 2006 . She lives in Boise, ID. View titles by Alane Ferguson

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