a hilarious blend of family drama seasoned with a dollop of adventure. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Just the right mixture of knowingness and hope. Filled with adventure, humor and heart, Turtle in Paradise is an instant classic both boys and girls with love. Its hot and strange, full of rag tag boy cousins, family secrets, scams, and even buried pirate treasure! Before she knows whats happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell shes spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways. Floridas like nothing Turtles ever seen before though. So, when Turtles mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesnt like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida to live with relatives shes never met. After all, its 1935 and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. Shes smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. But then again, 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. Holms New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor winning middle grade historical fiction novel, life isnt like the movies.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A New York Times bestseller Winner of the Junior Library Guild Gold Selection Award 2022 In Jennifer L. Florida es un lugar clido y extrao, lleno de primos, secretos familiares e incluso tesoros enterrados! Casi sin darse cuenta, Tortuga sale del caparazn que se ha pasado la vida construyendo y descubre un mundo mucho ms emocionante que cualquier xito de taquilla de Hollywood. As que cuando Tortuga tiene que irse a vivir a Cayo Hueso, Florida, con unos parientes que nunca ha conocido, ni siquiera derrama una lgrima. El trabajo, el dinero y hasta los sueos escasean. Despus de todo, es 1935, la Gran Depresin. Book Synopsis Novela de ficcin histrica, ganadora del premio Newbery Honor y bestseller del New York Times Libro ganador del premio Junior Library Guild Gold Selection 2022 La vida no es como las pelculas, y Tortuga sabe lo suficiente como para no esperar un final feliz.
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