E-audiobook
Turtle in paradise
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307738332 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0307738337 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Listening Library, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 3:47:28. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Becca Battoe. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 54491 KB; MP3 file size: 106745 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
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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.
<p>Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West.<br><br>Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending...
<p>Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West.<br><br>Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending...
