num_pages: 177
description: Life isn't like the movies. But then again 11-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 live with relatives she's never met. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before though. It's hot and strange full of ragtag boy cousins family secrets scams and even buried pirate treasure! Before she knows what's happened Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she's spent her life building and as she does her world opens up in the most unexpected ways. Filled with adventure humor and heart Turtle in Paradise is an instant classic both boys and girls will love.
language: English
title: Turtle in Paradise
publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers