Turtle in paradise : the graphic novel / Jennifer L. Holm and Savanna Ganucheau ; colors by Lark Pien.

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. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before, though. It's full of ragtag boy cousins, family secrets to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holm, Jennifer L. (Author)
Other Authors: Ganucheau, Savanna (Artist)
Pien, Lark (colourist.)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Graphic, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cousins > Comic books, strips, etc.
Families > Florida > Comic books, strips, etc.
Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Comic books, strips, etc.
Depressions > 1929 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Adventure and adventurers > Comic books, strips, etc.
Cousins > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Florida > Juvenile fiction.
Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
Cousins > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Fiction.
Cartoons and comics.
Key West (Fla.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Graphic novels.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Cousins.
Depressions.
Families.
Florida.
Florida > Key West.
Family > Comic books, strips, etc.
Adventure fiction > Comic books, strips, etc.
Great Depression, 1929-1939 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Great Depression, 1929-1939 > Fiction.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Key West (Fla.) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Key West (Fla.) > Fiction.
1900-1999
Action and adventure fiction.
Domestic comics.
Fiction.
Historical comics.
History.
Children's stories > Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novel adaptations.
Genre:
Comic books, strips, etc.
Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Adventure stories.
Action and adventure fiction.
Domestic comics.
Graphic novels.
Historical comics.
History.
Children's stories
Graphic novel adaptations.
Physical Description:246 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Description
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. Florida's like nothing Turtle's ever seen before, though. It's full of ragtag boy cousins, family secrets to unravel . . . and even a little bit of fun. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of her shell. And as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways.
Note:"An adaptation of the Newbery Honor-winning novel"--adapted from cover.
Audience:
Ages 8 - 12 Random House Graphic.
Grades 4-6 Random House Graphic.
ISBN:9780593126301
0593126300
9780593126318
0593126319
9780593126325
0593126327
9781713761044
1713761041
9781646979554
1646979559