- Winner
- of
- the
- Scott
- O'Dell
- Award
Five
- Starred
- Reviews!
A
- New
- York
- Public
- Library
- Best
- Book
- for
- Kids,
- 2016Grown-ups
- lie.
- That’s
- one
- truth
- Beans
- knows
- for
- sure.
- He
- and
- his
- gang
- know
- how
- to
- spot
- a
- whopper
- a
- mile
- away,
- because
- they
- are
- the
- savviest
- bunch
- of
- barefoot
- conchs
- (that
- means
- “locals”)
- in
- all
- of
- Key
- West.
- Not
- that
- Beans
- really
- minds;
- it’s
- 1934,
- the
- middle
- of
- the
- Great
- Depression.
- With
- no
- jobs
- on
- the
- island,
- and
- no
- money
- anywhere,
- who
- can
- really
- blame
- the
- grown-ups
- for
- telling
- a
- few
- tales?
- Besides,
- Beans
- isn’t
- anyone’s
- fool.
- In
- fact,
- he
- has
- plans.
- Big
- plans.
- And
- the
- consequences
- might
- surprise
- even
- Beans
- himself.Return
- to
- the
- wonderful
- world
- of
- Newbery
- Honor
- Book
- Turtle
- in
- Paradise
- through
- the
- eyes
- of
- Turtle’s
- cousin
- Beans!"A
- surprising
- coming-of-age
- story
- with
- a
- remarkably
- honest
- message."
- —The
- New
- York
- Times"[Holm]
- captures
- this
- colorful
- slice
- of
- Depression
- history
- with
- her
- usual
- vivacious
- wit.
- .
- .
- .
- Children
- will
- love
- Beans."
- —Shelf
- Awareness,
- Starred"A
- novel
- as
- entertaining
- as
- the
- motion
- pictures
- [Beans]
- loves
- to
- see."—The
- Horn
- Book
- Magazine,
- Starred“Inspired
- by
- actual
- events,
- Holm’s
- talent
- for
- writing
- historical
- fiction
- is
- on
- full
- display.
- .
- .
- .
- Interesting
- family
- and
- small-town
- dynamics
- further
- enrich
- this
- fascinating
- account
- of
- a
- young
- boy’s
- life
- in
- Florida’s
- ‘Recovery
- Key.’”
- —Booklist,
- Starred"Filled
- with
- humor,
- heart,
- and
- warmth."
- —Kirkus
- Review,
- Starred"Entertaining
- and
- illuminating
- historical
- fiction."
- —Publishers
- Weekly, Starred
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