Turtle in paradise /
Holm, Jennifer L.
Turtle in paradise / - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2010. - 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap. Author's note includes photographs and information about Key West in the 1930s and some of the real inhabitants that inspired the characters in her novel.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rotten kids -- Paradise lost -- Lucky as an orphan -- The conch telegraph -- Can you spare a nickel, pal? -- The truth of the matter -- Terry and Pat -- A big, happy family -- The diaper gang knows -- The man of the house -- Ladies who lunch -- Hard times -- Believing in monsters -- Lying, stealing, no-good kids -- A dream come true -- The rescue party -- A Hollywood ending -- Paradise found.
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
Grades 3-6 (School Library Journal) Middle School 610 Lexile
Newbery Honor, 2011 Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2010. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
9780375836886 (trade) 0375836888 (trade) 9780375936883 (lib bdg) 0375936882 (lib bdg) 9780375836909 (pbk.) 037583690X (pbk.)
2009019077
1900-1999
Cousins--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Florida--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Family life--Florida--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Adventure fiction--Juvenile.
PZ7.H732226 / Tu 2010
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Turtle in paradise / - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2010. - 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap. Author's note includes photographs and information about Key West in the 1930s and some of the real inhabitants that inspired the characters in her novel.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rotten kids -- Paradise lost -- Lucky as an orphan -- The conch telegraph -- Can you spare a nickel, pal? -- The truth of the matter -- Terry and Pat -- A big, happy family -- The diaper gang knows -- The man of the house -- Ladies who lunch -- Hard times -- Believing in monsters -- Lying, stealing, no-good kids -- A dream come true -- The rescue party -- A Hollywood ending -- Paradise found.
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
Grades 3-6 (School Library Journal) Middle School 610 Lexile
Newbery Honor, 2011 Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2010. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
9780375836886 (trade) 0375836888 (trade) 9780375936883 (lib bdg) 0375936882 (lib bdg) 9780375836909 (pbk.) 037583690X (pbk.)
2009019077
1900-1999
Cousins--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Florida--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Family life--Florida--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Adventure fiction--Juvenile.
PZ7.H732226 / Tu 2010
[Fic]