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Two Tickets to Paradise and a bottle for rumrunners

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel by Jennifer L. Holm

April 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel is based on Jennifer L. Holm’s novel of the same name. We follow a spunky girl named Turtle as she comes of age in the late 1930’s when sent to live with family she has never met in Key West. The town her mother and aunt grew up in still has cousins, old friends, and Turtles not-so-dead grandmother still there. Turtle has been forced to be an adult before her time as her mom has her head in the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cousins, families, Florida, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Key West, parents, The Depression

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:132 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cousins, families, Florida, friendship, Jennifer L. Holm, Key West, parents, The Depression ·
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