Read all about it: Florida weather stars in fiction
	Sister Spider Knows All by Adrian Fogelin Setting:   current, set in northwest Florida's Leon and Wakulla counties Social issues:   abandonment, disabilities, family, poverty, rural living, religion Science concepts:   illness/injury, living habits, birth defects, emphysema, obesity, weather, tornadoes Hobbies:   creative writing, flea markets, reading, craft making
	Rainmaker by Alison Jackson Setting:   1939, orange groves, farming community in central Florida Social issues:   family death, poverty Science concepts:   drought, sink holes, depression, alligators, citrus farming Hobbies: swimming, watching nature
	Panther Girl by Maity Schrecengost Setting:   1840s, coastal swamp of southern/central Florida Social issues:   cultural and ethnic differences, Seminole Indian life Science concepts:   weather, hurricanes, Florida wildlife Hobbies: outdoors and Indian crafts
	Journeys with Florida's Indians by Kelly Weitzel Setting: 10,000 BC - 1763 AD,   salt marsh, hammock forests, coastal island Social issues: Indian culture, the elderly, slavery, European expansion, government, tribal, bullies Science concepts:   deductive logic, hurricanes, weather, wild animals of Florida Hobbies: canoeing, fishing and hunting.
	The Mystery of the Missing Candlestick by June Weltman Setting: 2000s, St. Augustine Social issues: historical and religious history of the region, the criminal mind Science concepts: deductive logic, alligators, some weather Hobbies: solving mysteries.
Information provided by: Kelley Weitzel, educational consultant/author For more information, contact Kelly at kelley.weitzel@comcast.net.