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).

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

3.7 Follett Library Resources. 3-6. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2011

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Cousins--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Florida--Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
Family life--Florida--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.
Family life--Florida--Fiction.
Great Depression, 1929-1939--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Key West (Fla.)--History--Fiction.


Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

PZ7.H732226 / Tu 2010

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