Eyes of the Calusa [Kindle Edition]

Holly Moulder (Author)

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Product Description

In 1720, a young Calusa Indian girl named Mara is kidnapped and dragged aboard Captain Hannah Dunne's pirate frigate, the Devil Ray. In the months that follow, Mara's journey takes her far from her Calua village in southwest Florida to the slave quarters of an indigo plantation in South Carolina. Along the way, Mara uses the ancient powers of the Calusa to calm a terrible storm at sea. She is taken to a pirate hideout where she learns about the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Later as a slave on a Charles Town plantation, she uncovers secret plans for a slave rebellion and is forced to make desperate choices. Finally, Mara makes the most important discovery of all: the value of her own freedom.

Silver Medal Winner, 2008 Florida Publishers Association President's Book Awards

"An intricately woven story of adversity, hope and survival."
--Michael Wylde, Randell Research Center, Pineland, Florida

About the Author

Holly Moulder taught elementary school in Newnan, Georgia for 21 years. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and psychology from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Ms. Moulder and her husband Don are affiliates with New Missions Systems International based in Ft. Myers, Florida. Ms. Moulder has two grown daughters, and she resides in Sharpsburg, Georgia.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 138 KB
• Publisher: White Pelican Press; 2 edition (February 9, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004QGYS7U
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,288 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #96 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Children's Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > Colonial

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Though fictional, Eyes of the Calusa is firmly grounded in history, and highly recommended., April 14, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyes of the Calusa (Paperback)

Set at the beginning of the eighteenth century, Eyes of the Calusa is a chapter book for young adults about Mara, a young girl of Florida's native Calusa Indians, who is kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery amid the lowlands of South Carolina. Her gift of ancient power from her Calusa ancestors enable her to calm a potentially deadly ocean storm, and she learns secrets about the infamous pirate Blackbeard; once on the slave plantation, she hears about a slave rebellion and must make a desperate choice. An action-packed novel about the value of freedom, something all too often taken for granted during the modern day. Though fictional, Eyes of the Calusa is firmly grounded in history, and highly recommended.