| Marooned on the Pirate Coast Contributor(s): Rice, Melinda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556229356 ISBN-13: 9781556229350 Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: This is the fourth title in the Lone Star Heriones Series of Texas history for children. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Lone Star Heroines |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.56" W x 8.5" (0.42 lbs) 123 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early 1820s, eleven-year-old Georgina is excited to be moving to the wild Texas frontier with her family. But those dreams are dashed when their ship sinks during a storm. Georgie finds herself marooned alone, scared, and soaking wet on the Texas coast inhabited only by Karankawa natives. She doesn t think things can get any worse, but then she s rescued by pirates led by Jean Laffite This book in the Lone Star Heroines series brings to life real Texas history with a background chapter on the Karankawa natives, the founding of Galveston and the hurricanes that regularly threaten it, and biographies of Laffite and some famous Texans who met him. Look for other stories of Lone Star Heroines and Lone Star Heroes for boys, too. |