內容介紹
1935年，自小隨做幫傭的媽媽生活在大城市的女孩“小龜”，因為新僱主的排斥，被媽媽送回了故鄉——佛羅里達的基維斯特。
基維斯特並不是媽媽口中的天堂，反而是個又髒又破的窮地方。小龜最初對這個陌生的故鄉充滿了牴觸，但是隨著接觸到越來越多的人，事情開始改變。友好的表兄弟、可愛的男孩幫、她從沒見過面的爸爸、刻薄卻有趣的外婆……與親人朋友朝夕相處，經歷過欺騙但也得到了更多溫暖，小龜心中那如名字般堅硬的外殼終於融化，她明白了美麗的家一直就在身邊，有愛你的人的地方，就是天堂。
（Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and 'New York Times' bestselling author Jennifer L.Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West.
Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met. Florida's like nothing Turtle has ever seen. It's hot and strange, full of wild green peeping out between houses, ragtag boycousins, and secret treasure. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways.）
作者簡介
★作者：詹妮弗·L.霍爾姆
出生於美國賓夕法尼亞州的奧杜邦，自2000年出版第一部小說以來，這已是詹妮弗第三次獲得美國紐伯瑞兒童文學獎。她還寫過另外幾本獲得很高讚譽的書，包括《中學比肉餅還糟糕》，以及和她弟弟馬修·霍爾姆合作的“鼠寶寶系列”。詹妮弗和丈夫及兩個孩子住在加利福尼亞。
★譯者：馬愛農
著名翻譯家，人民文學出版社外文編輯室編審。自上世紀八十年代起從事英語文學翻譯，完成譯著幾十部，其中既有面向成人的暢銷書和經典文學作品，也有充滿童趣、文字優美的兒童文學佳作。代表譯作有“哈利·波特系列”、《安徒生童話選集》、《小王子》等等。
