Turtle in paradise

Summary: "Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met. Florida's like nothing Turtle has ever seen. It's hot and strange, full of wild green peeping out between houses, ragtag boy cousins, and secret treasure. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways." --From the publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780375836909 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780375936883 (lib bdg.)
ISBN: 9780375836886 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
191 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Random House, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Reading Link Challenge 2012/2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187).
Target Audience Note:	Grade : 3-5. SLJ.