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Turtle in Paradise

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4 out of 5
Based on 17,986 Ratings and 2,328 Reviews

Book Description
Life isn't like the movies and 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 money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mother gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye and heads off to Florida to live with relatives. Florida's like noth... More
Book Information
PublisherYearling Books
BindingPaperback (8 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages208
ISBN-10037583690X
ISBN-13978-0375836909
Publication Date12/27/2011
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About Jennifer L. Holm (Author) : When I was a kid, I liked to read. A lot. One of our neighbors said recently that his clearest memory of me as a child was watching me rake the lawn one-handed while I read a book with the other! In ... more
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