Eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to Key West to live with her aunt after her mom is hired as housekeeper to a woman who hates children. It is Turtle's first experience living in a real family. After an initial bumpy start she comes to enjoy her time there with her three boy cousins and their friends in a place where everyone knows who you are. In the process she has a couple big adventures, becomes friends with a mysterious old woman who turns out to be her grandmother, and searches for lost pirate treasure. Some of the story was predictable but it is a children's book. I really enjoyed this book and the added fact that Turtle dislikes Shirley Temple movies (as do I) and tells Ernest Hemingway (not my favorite, either) what is wrong with the way writer's write just added to my enjoyment.
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