When turtle is sent off to key west to live with her aunt we assume that 1 her aunt knows.
Which character from turtle in paradise love playing marbles.
Budnick the meanest person in the world.
26 who says thats okay.
You might think kids are sweet but according to turtle they lie all the time.
The diaper gang gang created by turtle s cousins.
She works for mrs.
Turtle s mom sadiebelle is getting a new job as a housekeeper.
The only catch is that she is moving without her mother to live with her aunt minerva aunt minnie.
Sadiebelle is very pretty and falls in love with many guys but they leave her and she crys.
Edgit who is doing a favor for her mother s.
She has to send turtle away to live with turtle s aunt minnie in key west.
When turtle asks what s the deal with all the strange nicknames slow poke tells her.
Turtle in paradise.
Never in a million years would we guess that these are characters names if we were asked what they meant so we know they must be important.
Turtle s cousins have a little club known as the diaper gang and of course there are no girls.
Review by christi de leon bibliography holm jennifer l.
New york random house 2010.
It s just the key west way turtle.
She heads on a road trip with mr.
Newbery honor 2011 central character s.
Turtle in paradise is a 2010 children s novel written by jennifer l.
Holm date of publication.
Turtle curry eleven year old.
She s on the porch playing with the paper dolls her mom gave her.
Turtle is an eleven year old girl who is being forced to move from new jersey to key west due to her mother s work.
She is very senstive.
She hates shirley temple everyone on god s green earth is totally in love with the starlet except for our main girl.
Mama we don t get to see turtle s mom much except through a couple memories her daughter has.
Holm dtdl battle of the books 2012 because he had rheumatic fever and now has a weak heart he should take naps or his heart might give out and he could die p.
The labor day hurricane of 1935 is also mentioned in this book.
Character clues character analysis names.
Turtle in paradise by jennifer l.
The book is a 2011 newbery honor book and also won the golden kite award the main character turtle is eleven years old and lives in key west florida during the great depression.
The truth of the matter.
Turtle in paradise summary.
Beans buddy pork chop kermit jelly ira.
Ill get your marbles the next time you die.
She s a typical eleven year old living through the great depression except for one thing.