Turtle in Paradise is about a little girl named Turtle and her adventures during 1935. Since jobs are very hard to come by, when Turtle’s mother gets a job cleaning for a women who doesn’t like kids, Turtle is forced to live with her relatives who she has never met before in Key West. When Turtle arrives in Key West she isn’t welcome with open arms. Her mother forgot to relay the message to her aunt that she was coming and her male cousins aren’t too happy to see a girl either. While living in Key West Turtle finds a way to earn money and then discovers a treasure map that sends her on an adventure where she discovers things she never thought she would. (This is where I would love to tell what happens, but I don’t want to ruin the ending for anyone).
After reading Turtle in Paradise I had to purchase it for my own personal library. This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time and I would recommend it to everyone. The antics of Turtle’s cousins who run the Diaper Gang are hilarious. I couldn’t wait to see what they would do next. Our school library media specialist had already read the book and I kept guessing what would happen next, but she wouldn’t tell me. This book would be more suitable for the intermediate grades, but I really believe boys and girls would like the story.
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