Her overworked aunt wasn’t expecting her, and Turtle finds herself spending her days with her boy cousins and their friends, a group that calls themselves the Diaper Gang because of their abilities to calm babies and cure diaper rash. This proves to be the case when her mother sends her to live with her aunt in Depression-era Key West, Florida. Purchase the Turtle in Paradise novel here.Summary: Turtle’s gotten her nickname from being hard-shelled, but a new friend guesses that she also has a soft underbelly. Filled with adventure, humor and heart, Turtle in Paradise is an instant classic both boys and girls with love.-Amazon It's hot and strange, full of rag tag boy cousins, family secrets, scams, and even buried pirate treasure! Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she's spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before though. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida to live with relatives she's never met. After all, it's 1935 and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. No refunds.ġ1-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. Original Publication Date: October 2013Īll products are digital and downloadable.Writing activity: Start an opening hook notebook.
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