Turtle+in+Paradise


 * Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm **


 * In which book is it said the only difference between grown-ups and kids is that grown-ups go to jail for murder and kids get away with it? Page 3


 * In which book does a character say it is so hot that the backs of her legs feel like melted gum, only stickier? Page 3


 * In which book does a rusty pickup truck contain a gang of dirty-looking kids sandwiched between an iron bed, a rocking chair, and battered pots, all tied up with little bits of fraying rope like a spider web? Page 3


 * In which book does a baby have a pair of ladies’ bloomers tied on its head to keep the sun out of its eyes? Page 4


 * In which book does a character say she’s not sweet because she slugged someone when he tried to throw her cat in a well, and she’d do it again? Page 5


 * In which book does a character say he’ll be living on Easy Street someday? Page 6


 * In which book does a character wonder how someone can have opinions on baldness and not know the name of Little Orphan Annie’s dog? Page 7


 * In which book did characters think it would be funny to light a cat’s tail on fire and watch it run around? Page 8


 * In which book do characters have a Sears mail-order house picked out? Page 9
 * In which book does a character think life is more like The Three Little Pigs and some big bad wolf is always trying to blow your house down? Page 10


 * In which book does a character look like an older version of a person’s mama, except her face is tanner and her hair is pulled back in a flyaway bun?Page 16


 * In which book is a character’s brown hair cut short in a bob with bangs, like a soup bowl turned upside down? Page 17


 * In which book is a character asked if she is a relation or a thief? Page 23


 * In which book does a doctor say a character has to take a nap every day so his heart won’t give out?
 * Page 24


 * In which book does a character pile a load of old quilts into a wagon? Page 33
 * In which book does a character swear a baby didn’t sleep more than five minutes because he’s teething so bad? Page 34


 * In which book does a character say that girls aren’t allowed in a gang because they always want to pick up babies? Page 34


 * In which book is a character told that he didn’t give a teething baby enough whiskey when he says it didn’t work on the baby’s sore gums?
 * Page 40


 * In which book does a character say that kids in the funny pages lead thrilling lives because they are always having all sorts of adventures?
 * Page 41


 * In which book does a character say her father could have three eyes or be a murderer, for all she knows? Page 53


 * In which book does just hearing a voice make a character feel like she is wrapped in a soft blanket? Page 54


 * In which book does a character say she needs a job so she can make some dough and help her mama buy a house? Page 57


 * In which book does a character tell someone that grown folks are the ones that need advice the most? Page 61


 * In which book does a character lose her footing and go tumbling over the side of a boat while trying to snag a sponge with a pole?
 * Page 67


 * In which book is it said that a man was a wrecker and saved a piano from a sinking ship? Page 76


 * In which book did a character light some fireworks, wouldn’t believe he needed to throw them, and blew his thumb
 * and pinkie off? Page 83


 * In which book does a character say someone screamed so loud, she could be heard in Cuba? Page 87


 * In which book do boys see an old man who doesn’t look like he could hurt a fly and whisper, “Murderer,” saying he killed a horse by whipping it to death? Page 94


 * In which book do characters chase after an old man on a wagon, taunting him until he loses his balance and tumbles onto the dusty lane? Page 95


 * In which book does a character walk through a house with fresh eyes as a thousand questions flash through her mind, wondering which bedroom her mother slept in, if she ran up and down the hallway, and if she sat at a piano?
 * Page 105


 * In which book does someone buy a character a pair of Mary Janes when he sees her mother getting ready to buy a pair of glue-on soles to help stretch her too-small shoes?
 * Page 113


 * In which book do characters say that if they’re lucky, there will be a tiger at a circus and it will eat someone? Page 127


 * In which book is a character asked if he’s ever even been to school when he mistakes the letter “C” for a letter “U?” Page 137


 * In which book is a bag of treasure under a character’s head like a pillow? Page 142


 * In which book does a character say he’s got more sense in his bungy than someone has in his whole body? Page 146


 * In which book does a person slip off a fine white linen jacket, wrap it around someone's shoulders, tip her chin up and tell her it looks like she could use a leche? Page 157


 * In which book does a character think someone should get a new nickname? Page 169


 * In which book does a character think the truth is that not all kids are rotten, some grown-ups are as sweet as Necco Wafers, and if you’re as lucky as an orphan, some of them may end up being your family? Page 177