Holm, Jennifer L.

Turtle in paradise / by Jennifer L. Holm. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2010. - 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189).

Wilson's Children, October 2010 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011 School Library Journal, April 2010 Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2010 Booklist starred, April 2010 Pub Weekly, May 2010 Kirkus Starred, April 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2010

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.

4.1. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.



Newbery Medal/Honor, 2011

0375836888

2009019077


Cousins--Fiction.
Family life--Florida--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.


Key West (Fla.)--History--Fiction.


Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

PZ7.H732226 / Tu 2010

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