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Florida Beneath the Surface

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Florida Beneath the Surface. A Florida Road Trip Book for Kids

Most families drive through Florida and see the beaches. Ethan and Oliver went deeper.

In this 20-day road trip adventure, two brothers from a military family in San Diego explore Florida from the Panhandle to the Keys. Civil War forts, crystal-clear springs, rocket launch pads, the Everglades, coral reefs, and a tiny island where the country simply stops. Along the way they discover that the most important things in Florida and in life. Hint hint: in Florida they are usually the ones you can’t see from the surface.

Florida Beneath the Surface is the fourth book in the Ethan and Oliver Adventures series. Written at a Grade 4 reading level for ages 8-10. Perfect for homeschooling families, road trip readers, and anyone raising kids who ask good questions.

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Are you looking for a road trip that actually means something?

Most family vacations are fun to take and easy to forget.

This one is different.

This Florida road trip book for kids, follows Ethan and Oliver; two brothers from a military family in San Diego, through 20 days of real Florida stops that most families drive right past. Historic forts. Crystal-clear springs. The Everglades. Kennedy Space Center. A houseboat in Biscayne Bay. And at the very end of the road, a tiny island where the country simply stops.

Every stop teaches something. Every evening the family sits down with notebooks and talks about what they saw, what they felt, and what God might be saying through it.

This is the Florida most people never see.

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Sound Like Your Family?

  • If you want your family’s road trips to mean something beyond souvenir shops and theme parks, you need this book.
  • If your kids ask good questions and you want a story that rewards that curiosity, you need this book.
  • If you’re a homeschool parent looking for a chapter book that covers Florida history, science, faith, and character all at once, you need this book.
  • If you believe the best conversations happen in the car, around a campfire, or on a dock at sunset, you need this book.
  • If you want your children to grow up knowing that faith belongs everywhere — not just Sunday mornings — you need this book.
  • If you’re planning a Florida trip and want your family prepared to notice what most people drive past, you need this book.
  • If your kids are ages 8 to 10 and you’re looking for a read-aloud that keeps everyone engaged — including the adults — you need this book.
  • If you want a book that stays on the shelf because your child put their name in it and called it theirs, you need this book.
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This Florida book for kids is for the family that pulls over at historical markers. For the kid who asks why before they ask what. For the parent who wants their children to remember the trip, not just the photos from it.

IT’S FOR THE FAMILY READY TO TRADE A REGULAR VACATION FOR AN ADVENTURE THAT ACTUALLY TEACHES SOMETHING.

Florida Beneath the Surface is the fourth book in the Ethan & Oliver Adventures series and the most ambitious one yet. Twenty days. One state. Real places you can visit. Conversations that will follow your family home.

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Hey There!

I’m Jenn

My path to writing children’s books wasn’t a straight one. It ran through 22 years of active duty in the United States Navy. Deployments, sea tours, and more time away from my family than I like to count.

When I came home for good, I made a decision. The time I had with my kids was going to mean something. We were going to slow down. We were going to notice things. We were going to go places and actually talk about what we saw.

The Ethan & Oliver Adventures series was born from those trips.

Florida Beneath the Surface is my fourth book and the one I’m most proud of. It took everything I’ve learned about writing, about history, about faith, and about what kids actually need from the adults in their lives. It’s the most honest thing I’ve written.

I homeschool my kids in San Diego. I write books that I hope give families permission to adventure with intention; to road trip with purpose, to ask hard questions, and to find God in the places most people drive right past.

That’s what Ethan & Oliver do. And if you’re reading this, I have a feeling that’s what your family does too.

Happy reading!
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