Awesome book! 😄 an, "i never saw it coming, but i thought of it" ending, and i really like it. There's a girl named turtle whos mom has a jog as a cleaning lady, and they move around. Then there is this one woman who deosn't like kids, so she says,"miss, if this kid deosnt leave, you lose the job because i dont do kids. She goes to key west to get dropped off at her aunt minnie's house. There, she becomes a whole new person and has e new perspective on life! 😍 hope u enjoy guys. Totally read this book!
Turtle in Paradise
By Jennifer L. Holm
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 8 | V | 3.7 | 30474 |
In Jennifer L. Holm's New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor winning middle grade historical fiction novel, 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 rag tag 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 with love.
Includes an Author's Note with photographs and further background on the Great Depression, as well as additional resources and websites.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews:
"Sweet, funny and superb."
Starred Review, Booklist:
"Just the right mixture of knowingness and hope . . . a hilarious blend of family drama seasoned with a dollop of adventure."
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 rag tag 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 with love.
Includes an Author's Note with photographs and further background on the Great Depression, as well as additional resources and websites.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews:
"Sweet, funny and superb."
Starred Review, Booklist:
"Just the right mixture of knowingness and hope . . . a hilarious blend of family drama seasoned with a dollop of adventure."
Publisher: Yearling
Published on 1/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Book Reviews (59)
It is one of those books that has a bittersweet ending, like Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper. Even though it is bittersweet, it is still good. It is really memorable for me, because it was the first book we read in my friends' and I's mother daughter book club! It is a great book club book!
great book. sad but has a good ending
Great book about time during the Great Depression. Sad and surprising at the end.
I have read this book and I love it. It was interesting and I recommend it to everyone.
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i loved this book
I read this for book club and it was sooooo good.
:)It was our first book club book. That was such a long time ago, wasn't it? It was like, two years ago or something? Anyways it was really good.
Turtle is an eleven year old girl who is living in the year of 1935. Her mother goes to work as a cleaning person for a woman who doesn't like kids. Then, Turtle is sent to Florida to live with her cousins. In Florida, Turtle becomes a different person and her world opens up. This is a great book!
I love the book and the ending was so sad!
So nice to read a little sad bad really good