13 Legends of Fire Island

13 Legends of Fire Island
Author: Jack Whitehouse
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2008-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440102023

Here are stories about Fire Islands pirates, ghosts, shipwrecks and treasure chests of buried gold and silver. One tale relates the story of the possibility of the Viking discovery of Fire Island; another describes the torture of the islands slave trade prison. There is a story of unrequited love in the smoldering aftermath of an important Revolutionary War battle and another of German submarine saboteurs of World War II. If you like horror and suspense, history and mystery, or if you simply enjoy Fire Island and the Great South Bay and want to take home a piece of it home with you, then you will love this anthology. These stories will kindle your interest in visiting new beach locations and spur your imagination with thoughts of what was, and what might well have been. Even if you have never visited the area before, these tales of universal human experience are bound to fascinate. You are certain to want to share 13 Legends of Fire Island and the Great South Bay with friends, after you can put it down, that is.

Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Cherry Grove, Fire Island
Author: Esther Newton
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2015-02-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0822377217

First published in 1993, the award-winning Cherry Grove, Fire Island tells the story of the extraordinary gay and lesbian resort community near New York City. This new paperback edition includes a new preface by the author.

Labyrinth of Fire

Labyrinth of Fire
Author: Keith Robinson
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781449538033

Hal Franklin and his friends have made it safely into Miss Simone's world. As shapeshifters, some of them are looking forward to meeting their alternate kind. But others dread the prospect. Dewey, for instance, quickly feels the pressure of being a centaur. Meanwhile, Lauren and Hal are quaking in their shoes. The village in the north is under constant attack from harpies and dragons, and these vicious creatures must somehow be reasoned with and persuaded not to plunder and steal, and most importantly, not to eat humans! The trouble is, neither harpies nor dragons are interested in negotiating. Hal and his friends join forces to deal with these serious issues. They end up in the heart of dragon country, down in the Labyrinth of Fire beneath an oozing volcano. Somehow they must make the dragons see the error of their ways. Their quest forces them to question the extent of their shapeshifting abilities... and this leads to a shocking discovery that is likely to start a war.

Fire Island

Fire Island
Author: Jack Whitehouse
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-06-03
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1614233845

Fire Island, or Great South Beach as it is also known, is a 32-mile long sliver of a barrier beach located just off the South Shore of Long Island. Always a wild, lonely and untamed wilderness, its shores, waterways and the lands surrounding it have given us innumerable stories -- some inspirational, some frightening, but all of them intriguing. The stories in this book portray people and events from the island's earliest days, when it served Native Americans as a rich hunting, fishing and whaling site until the present day and its use as a U.S. National Seashore and National Wilderness Area.

The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)

The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)
Author: Tui T. Sutherland
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338214535

The New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- brand-new tribes of dragons! Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala.Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiting for a dragon like Sundew, who is uniquely qualified to bring down the Hives.There are dark secrets in the jungle, though-some that Sundew is keeping, and some that she's only just beginning to discover. And now that a new war is upon them, Sundew and her friends must unearth the oldest secret in the jungle-even if what they find has the power to destroy them all.

The Unwanteds

The Unwanteds
Author: Lisa McMann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442407697

In a society that purges 13-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.