Full of beans

By Jennifer L. Holm

Subjects: Gangs, fiction, Florida, fiction, Depressions, fiction, Gangs, Depressions, New York Times reviewed, Moneymaking projects, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Moneymaking projects, fiction, United states, history, 20th century, fiction

Description: Grown-ups lie. That s one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means locals ) in all of Key West. Not that Beans really minds; it s 1934, the middle of the Great Depression. With no jobs on the island, and no money anywhere, who can really blame the grown-ups for telling a few tales? Besides, Beans isn t anyone s fool. In fact, he has plans. Big plans. And the consequences might surprise even Beans himself.