Title:
Turtle in paradise
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
191 p. ;
Edition:
1st ed.
Note:
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap.
Author's notRe includes photographs and information about Key West in the 1930s and some of the real inhabitants that inspired the characters in her novel.
Reading Grade level:
5.1.
Grade Interest level:
3-6
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 3.7 4.0 137063
8 +
Awards:
Newbery Honor, 2011
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780375836886
9780375836909
9780375936883
Publisher:
New York : Random House, c2010.
