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Turtle in paradise  Cover Image Book Book

Turtle in paradise / by Jennifer L. Holm.

Holm, Jennifer L. (Author).

Summary:

In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375836888 (trade)
  • ISBN: 9780375836886 (trade)
  • ISBN: 0375936882 (lib bdg)
  • ISBN: 9780375936883 (lib bdg)
  • ISBN: 037583690X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780375836909 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 191 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap.
Author's note includes photographs and information about Key West in the 1930s and some of the real inhabitants that inspired the characters in her novel.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
610L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 3.7 4.0
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor, 2011
Subject: Cousins > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Florida > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Florida > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Adventure fiction > Juvenile.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Malheur County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nyssa Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Nyssa Public Library J HOL (Text) 36660000425230 Juvenile Fiction Available -


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