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Turtle in paradise the graphic novel

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.

Main Author:	Holm, Jennifer L. (Author)
Other Authors:	Pien, Lark (colourist.)
Format:	Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House Graphic, 2021.
Edition:	First Random House Graphic edition.
Subjects:	Cousins > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Florida > Juvenile fiction. Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction. Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction. Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. Graphic novel adaptations > Juvenile. Graphic novels > Juvenile. Comics (Graphic works) > Juvenile.

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.
Physical Description:	1 volume : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Audience:	Ages 8 - 12 Grades 4-6
ISBN:	9780593126318 0593126319 9780593126301 0593126300 9780593126325 0593126327
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. (Bowker Author Biography)

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