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.)