Turtle in paradise

By Jennifer L. Holm

Subjects: Families, New York Times bestseller, Cousins, Historical fiction, Depressions, Fiction, nyt:chapter-books=2011-02-06, Juvenile fiction, History, Adventure and adventurers, Family life

Description: 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.