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Turtle in paradise
Author: Holm, Jennifer L.

Publisher: Yearling (2016)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 189 p., ill., 20 cm.

BTSB No: 460079

ISBN: 9780375836886

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Cousins -- Fiction
Family life -- Fiction
Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Fiction
Key West (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who hates children, 11-year-old Turtle is sent to relatives she has never met in Key West, Florida.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 3.70
   Points: 4.0   Quiz: 137063

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 3-5
   Reading Level: 3.40
   Points: 8.0   Quiz: 49701

Awards:
Newbery Honor, 2011

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (04/15/10)
   School Library Journal (00/04/10)
   Booklist (+) (04/15/10)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/05/10)
The Hornbook (00/05/10)

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