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In Jennifer L. Holm's New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor winning middle grade historical fiction novel, life isn't like the movies. But then again, 11-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. After all, it's 1935 and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. 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. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before though. 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. Filled with adventure, humor and heart, Turtle in Paradise is an instant classic both boys and girls with love.

海龟的单亲妈妈是个充满浪漫和不切实际幻想的“大女孩”，而十一岁海龟则表现得像个世事洞明的“妈妈”。她知道生活不会有好莱坞式的结局。毕竟，这是1935年，工作、钱，有时候甚至梦想，都很稀少。故作坚强，抛弃掉邓波儿似的的天真烂漫——就是海龟的硬壳。当妈妈找到一份帮佣的工作，那家女主人不喜欢小孩子时，海龟没有哭泣就告别了妈妈，前往基韦斯特，跟她从未见过的亲戚一起生活。基韦斯特炎热，奇特，有那么多衣衫褴褛的表哥表弟，还有秘密的宝藏。在穷亲戚们的温情呵护下，海龟还没有反应过来，就发现自己钻出了有生以来一直背负的那层硬壳……