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Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.

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Main Author: Holm, Jennifer L. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Moneymaking projects > Juvenile fiction.
Gangs > Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
Item Description:Companion to Turtle in paradise.
Physical Description:195 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780553510379
0553510371
9780553510362
0553510363
9780553510386
Author Notes:After graduating from Dickinson College, Jennifer L. Holm became a broadcast producer of television commercials and music videos for numerous companies including Nickelodeon, MTV, American Express, Hershey's and Huggies. Her first book, Our Only May Amelia, was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Both Penny from Heaven and Turtle in Paradise were Newbery Honor recipients in 2007 and 2011, respectively. She is also the author of numerous series including Boston Jane, Babymouse, and The Stink Files, which she writes with her husband Jonathan Hamel. Her title, The Fourteenth Goldfish made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014.

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