Turtle in paradise

by Jennifer L. Holm

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Summary:: 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.
Author/Creator:: Holm, Jennifer L.
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Turtle in paradise [by Holm, J.L.]
Subjects:: Cousins — Juvenile fiction
Families — Florida — Juvenile fiction
Adventure stories
Key West (Fla.) — History — 20th century — Juvenile fiction
Depressions — 1929 — Juvenile fiction
1900-1999
Families
Depressions
Cousins
Florida
Florida — Key West
Genres:: History
Juvenile works
Fiction
General Notes:: "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.
Newbery Honor Book, 2011
Audience:: Preteens
Children
Physical Description:: 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Numbers:: JFic H7459tu
ISBNs:: 9780375836886 (hc)
0375836888 (hc)
9780375836909 (trade pbk)
037583690X (trade pbk)
9780375893162 (ebook)
0375893164 (ebook)
9780375936883 (lib bdg)
0375936882 (lib bdg)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2009019077
OCLC Numbers:: 373560480

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