Turtle in paradise /

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by Holm, Jennifer L.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Random House, (New York :) Physical details: 191 p. ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Cousins | Family life | Adventure and adventurers | Depressions Year : 2010 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Stonepark Intermediate School F HOL Available
Stonepark Intermediate School F HOL Available

"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.

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.