Kidnapped in Key West
By: Edwina Raffa and Annelle Rigsby.
Contributors: Rigsby, Annelle.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pineapple Press, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sarasota, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781561644131
Subjects: Florida East Coast Railway -- Fiction; Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction; Railroads -- Florida -- Fiction; Labrador retriever -- Fiction; Dogs -- Fiction; Kidnapping -- Fiction; Florida Keys (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A daring adventure on Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railroad!

Twelve-year-old Eddie Malone is living a carefree life swimming and fishing in the Florida Keys in 1912 when suddenly his world is turned upside down. His father, a worker on Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad, is thrown into jail for stealing the railroad payroll. Convinced that he is responsible for his pa’s arrest, Eddie sets out for Key West with his faithful dog, Rex, on a daring mission to prove his father’s innocence.

Eddie arrives in Key West as preparations are under way for the arrival of Flagler’s first train. Eddie meets the Kimble twins, T. J. and Jen, who live at the Key West Lighthouse and are practicing for their part in the great celebration. They offer to help Eddie with his plan to find the real payroll thieves. Eddie finds them, all right, but they kidnap him and lock him aboard their sailboat. As the boat moves swiftly away from Key West, Eddie realizes he’s in serious trouble.

Can Eddie escape from the clutches of the ruthless thieves? Will he ever get back home to Marathon? Most importantly, will Eddie be able to prove Pa’s innocence?

Ages 8–12