| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
246 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"An adaptation of the New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning novel."--Cover. |
| Summary |
"Eleven-year-old Turtle is smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. So when Turtle's mother gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle heads off to Florida to live with relatives. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before, though. It's full of ragtag boy cousins, family secrets to unravel...and even a little fun. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of her shell. And as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways."--Back cover. |
| Audience |
Ages 8 - 12 Random House Graphic. |
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Grades 4-6 Random House Graphic. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Cousins -- Fiction.
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Families -- Florida -- Fiction.
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Key West (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Florida -- Fiction.
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Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
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Cousins. (OCoLC)fst00881894
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Depressions. (OCoLC)fst00890969
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Florida. (OCoLC)fst01205150
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Florida -- Key West.
(OCoLC)fst01207829
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921574
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Domestic comics. (OCoLC)fst02005813
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Historical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921682
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Action and adventure fiction.
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Domestic comics.
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Historical comics.
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| Added Author |
Ganucheau, Savanna, artist.
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Pien, Lark, colourist.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Holm, Jennifer L., Turtle in paradise First Random House Graphic edition. New York : Random House Graphic, 2021. 9780593126332 (DLC) 2020032345 |
| ISBN |
9780593126301 (trade paperback) |
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0593126300 (trade paperback) |
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9780593126318 (hardcover) |
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0593126319 (hardcover) |
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9780593126325 (library binding) |
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0593126327 (library binding) |
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9781713761044 (Follett Binding) |
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1713761041 (Follett Binding) |
