Title: The treasure of Maria Mamoun
Description: Twelve-year-old Maria lives a lonely, latchkey-kid's life in the Bronx. Her Lebanese mother is working two nursing jobs to keep them afloat, and Maria keeps her worries to herself, not wanting to be a burden. Then something happens one day between home and school that changes everything.
Subjects: Islands, Juvenile fiction, Treasure troves, Lebanese Americans, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Buried treasure, fiction, Martha's vineyard (mass.), fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience, Buried treasure, Adventure and adventurers, JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / Country Life, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Pirates, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Places: Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)