Turtle in paradise

By Jennifer L. Holm

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

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.