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Turtle in Paradise

Turtle in Paradise. By Jennifer L. Holm . Summary.

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Turtle in Paradise

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  1. Turtle in Paradise By Jennifer L. Holm

  2. Summary • This book is not really about turtles .It is about a group of kids ,that go play together called The Diaper Gang . They go around changing the baby's diaper put them in a blanket and rap thunder up in the blanket really teat and that make them fall asleep really fast so they stop crying and then they drop the baby off with there mom’s .

  3. Setting • This story takes place in Key West in Florida in the 1930. • Turtle a little girl, and main character of the story and go's to live with some relatives

  4. CHARTERS • The main characters are: • Turtle is a 11 year old girl • Turtle’s mom and Archie, her boyfriend • The people in the The Diaper Gang are Beans ,Kermit, Buddy, Pork chop. • Aunt Minnie, who Turtle went to live with in Key West • Turtle’s grandmother, Nana Philly • Smokey is Turtle’s cat

  5. Problem • Everyone is poor; it is the depression. • The Diaper Gang gets paid with candy because the people don’t have money to pay them • Turtle’s mom takes a job with a family that doesn’t like kids and this is why Turtle has to move with Aunt Minnie

  6. Events • Turtle is meeting her mom’s family for the first time. • Turtle is moving to Key West to live with her aunt and cousins. • Aunt Minnie had no idea that Turtle was coming for the visit because Turtle’s mom didn’t let her know. • Turtle is upset that she is away for her mom and Archie. • Rascal boys form the Diaper Gang, a side business to relieve mothers of their crying babies. • The Diaper Gang takes the babies around the neighborhood in a wagon to make them fall asleep and stop crying. • The gang works for candy and has a strict “no girls allowed” policy.

  7. Events Continued • Turtle finds an adventure in a possible lost treasure and hopes of lots of money to live an easy life for her and her mom.

  8. Quote: • Kids lie. We have to or we’d never get anything. But grown ups lie, too – they just do it differently. They leave things out; they don’t give you the whole story.

  9. Pictures

  10. THE END POWER POINT BY Lindsey Butler

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