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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the
product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to
actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright 2014 by Jennifer L. Holm
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright 2014 by Tad Carpenter
Photograph credits: p. 202 RIA Novosti/Alamy,
p. 204 PRISMA ARCHIVO/Alamy, p. 206 GL Archive/Alamy,
p. 208 Everett Collection Inc./Alamy, p. 210 GL Archive/Alamy,
p. 212 Everett Collection Inc./Alamy.
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Holm, Jennifer L., author.
The fourteenth goldfish / Jennifer L. Holm. First edition.
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Summary: Ellies scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging,
and consequently has turned into a teenagerwhich makes for complicated
relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
ISBN 978-0-375-87064-4 (trade) ISBN 978-0-375-97064-1 (lib. bdg.)
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1. GrandfathersJuvenile fiction. 2. ScientistsJuvenile fiction.
3. AgingJuvenile fiction. 4. FamiliesJuvenile fiction. [1. GrandfathersFiction.
2. ScientistsFiction. 3. AgingFiction. 4. Family lifeFiction.] I. Title.
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Yes?
I got a job at the mall! Isnt that great?
I didnt know you were looking, my mom
says, confused.
Yeah, I didnt think Id get it. Its such a big
opportunity. The ear-piercing place at the mall!
When do you start? my mom asks.
Thats the hard part. They want me to start
tomorrow afternoon. So I cant watch Ellie anymore. I totally would have given you more notice,
but . . .
I understand, my mom says, and I can hear
the strain in her voice.
Nicole turns to me. I forgot to tell you. I get a
discount! Isnt that great? So come by anytime and
shop.
Uh, okay, I say.
I better be going, she says. Good night!
Good night, my mother echoes.
I stand in the doorway with my mother and
watch her walk out into the night.
Did she just quit? I ask. Im a little in shock.
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A Yearling Book
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This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with
the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products
of the authors imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life
historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues
concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual
events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any
resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright 2010 by Jennifer Holm
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright 2016 by The Little
Friends of Printmaking
Cover lettering by Jaclyn Reyes
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Yearling, an imprint of
Random House Childrens Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,
New York. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random
House Childrens Books, New York, in 2010.
Yearling and the jumping horse design are registered trademarks of Penguin
Random House LLC.
Photo credits: p. 180 (top): Little Orphan Annie Tribune Media Services,
Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted with permission. p. 180 (bottom):
Shirley Temple popping through 1935 calendar Bettmann/CORBIS. p. 182:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection,
LC-USF34-026281-P DLC (Pepes Caf). p. 183: Monroe County Library
(undated postcard). p. 184: Personal collection of Cathy Porter, used by
permission (photo of Kermit and family friend). p. 185: State Archives of
Florida (Conch house).
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Holm, Jennifer L.
Turtle in paradise / by Jennifer L. Holm.
p. cm.
Summary: In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman
who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives
she has never met in faraway Key West, Florida.
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ISBN 978-0-375-89316-2 (ebook)
[1. CousinsFiction. 2. Family lifeFloridaFiction. 3. Adventure and
adventurersFiction. 4. Key West (Fla.)History20th centuryFiction.
5. Depressions1929Fiction.] I. Title.
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Paradise Lost
Ive never been to Easton, Pennsylvania, but according to Mr. Edgit, Im missing out.
Best thing about Easton? Mr. Edgit says. We
didnt go in for Prohibition like the rest of the country. You could always get a drink in Easton.
What is it with folks always talking about where
theyre from? You could grow up in a muddy ditch,
but if its your muddy ditch, then its gotta be the
swellest muddy ditch ever.
Mamas the worst. Shes always going on
about how Key West is paradiseits beautiful, the
weathers perfect, theres fruit dripping from trees.
To hear her talk, youd think the roads are paved
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Random House
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This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some
well-known historical and public figures, are products of the authors imagination and are not to be
construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and
dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to
change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or
dead is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright 2016 by Jennifer L. Holm
Jacket art copyright 2016 by The Little Friends of Printmaking
Jacket lettering by Jaclyn Reyes
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House Childrens Books,
a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
Random House and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
Photo credits: pp. 181, 182, 184 courtesy of State Archives of Florida;
p. 185 John Kobal Foundation/Moviepix/Getty Images.
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Names: Holm, Jennifer L., author.
Title: Full of Beans / Jennifer L. Holm.
Description: First edition. | New York : Random House, [2016] | Companion to Turtle in paradise.
| Summary: Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble-playing gang in
Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while New Dealers
from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run-down Key West into a tourist resort.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015041078 | ISBN 978-0-553-51036-2 (hardback) |
ISBN 978-0-553-51039-3 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-553-51037-9 (lib. bdg.)
Subjects: | CYAC: Moneymaking projectsFiction. | GangsFiction. | Key West (Fla.)
History20th centuryFiction. | Depressions1929Fiction. |
BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century. | JUVENILE FICTION /
Social Issues / Friendship. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / General.
Classification: LCC PZ7.H732226 Fu 2016 | DDC [Fic]dc23
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THIS IS AN UNCORRECTED ADVANCE EXCERPT
garbage from one side of Key West to the other, looking for milk cans. Wed dodged stray dogs and mosquitoes and fearless rats. I couldnt imagine a worse job
in the whole world. Except maybe cleaning outhouses.
Now Winky was trying to cheat us out of our money?
I heard you just fine, I told him. You said twenty.
Sorry, but youre full of beans, Beans, Winky said,
and then laughed. Look: I made a joke. Get it? Full of
beans?
Hilarious, I said, and glared. Youre a regular
comedian, Winky.
I suppose I could give you a nickel for twenty,
Winky offered us, like he was a king doing us a favor.
A nickel? I wasnt very good at arithmetic, but
even I knew that this was a lousy deal.
Sorry, Beans, Winky added with a smirk. Maybe
you can find someone else to sell the cans to?
I glared at him. I would if I could, but everyone
knew that Winky had the only milk can game in town.
He was a cousin of Pepes.
Beans, Kermit whined, tugging on my shirt. Im
hungry.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. Kermit wore crooked
glasses and couldnt drive a bargain with a kitten.
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us: cracker sandwiches. Crackers with a smear of mustard and a tiny bit of ham.
Id wanted to buy a real ham sandwich from Pepes
Caf. They made it Cuban-styleham, mustard,
cheese, and pickles, toasted on fresh Cuban bread. It
was delicious.
Well, this time I mean it, I vowed.
Aw, hes not that bad, Kermit replied. He gave us
a nickel!
We earned a dime, Kermit.
Kermit was only eight and didnt understand how
life worked. Maybe when he got to be ten, like me, hed
smarten up.
Gee, do you think if we collect fifty cans for Winky
tomorrow, hell give us another nickel? Kermit asked.
Then again, maybe not.
Im still hungry, Kermit complained.
Get some dilly gum, I told him. The sap of the
sapodilla tree made good chewing gum if you didnt
much care about taste.
Kermit scraped back some bark and dug out a wad of
the sticky sap. Then he started chewing. Getting it soft
took a while. Even though it was free, it still took work.
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and they were thin and gaunt and fearless. This one
had a little body and a roundish head and reminded me
of Popeyes girlfriend, Olive Oyl.
Hes probably just hungry, I said.
The dog had a lot of company. All around the country, folks were having hard times. Id heard stories of
people lining up overnight just to get a bowl of soup.
Here in Key West, we had it better than most. There
was a whole ocean with fish and lobsters to catch. Not
to mention all the fruit trees. Just about the only thing
that didnt grow on trees was money.
You think hell eat us? Kermit asked with alarm.
Hed have to be pretty desperate to want to eat
Buddy, I said.
Buddy had been crying since we left. Hed cried
all the way down Curry Lane. Down Frances Street.
Down Fleming Street. Now we were at Grinnell and he
was still howling. He was tired from not napping, and
hed be mean as a mosquito by suppertime if he didnt
sleep. Id had enough.
Go to sleep, Buddy, I told him.
I dont wanna! he howled. Im a big boy!
Youre annoying, is what you are. Now go to sleep
right this minute or Ill box your ears.
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he was involved in all sorts of criminal enterprises, although hed never been arrested. People said you could
get away with anything in Key West, even murder. I
thought the rumors were because of Johnny Cakess
flair for fashion. Today he was wearing a white linen
suit and a Panama hat.
His sharp duds werent the only thing that set
Johnny Cakes apart from the other fishermen at the
docks. There was also his cargo. It wasnt exactly flopping.
There were three coffins stacked on the deck.
Who died? Kermit asked.
Johnny Cakes took off his hat and waved it. Terrible
malaria epidemic in Havana. These poor fishermen got
caught up in it, Im afraid, he said. Id just dropped off
my cargo, so I volunteered to bring them home so their
families here can see them on their way.
Golly! You sure are a Good Samaritan! Kermit
said. Youll get into heaven for sure.
Johnny Cakess mouth twitched.
The blanket in the wagon moved as Buddy rolled in
his sleep.
Johnny Cakes cast a curious look at our wagon.
Whatve you kids got in that wagon? Kittens?
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But I didnt see anything funny about it. My stomach was churning. Move to New Jersey? I couldnt
imagine living anywhere but Key West! It was the only
home Id ever known. Everythingand everyoneI
knew was here.
Should we tell the children? Ma asked.
Not until I have something sorted out, my father
said.
After that, their voices lowered, and I lay awake in
the dark, worry about the future buzzing like a mosquito in my head.
I didnt fall asleep until the sun was coming up.
Poppy left for New Jersey two days later.
Are we gonna have to move away? I asked him.
He hesitated, then said, Of course not.
But I knew he was lying. Just like every other
grown-up.
As he walked down the steps with his sack thrown
over his shoulder, he ruffled my hair.
Keep an eye on your mother and the little ones, he
told me. Youre the man of the house now.
Buddy started crying before Poppy even reached
the end of the lane.
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PRAISE FOR
THE FOURTEENTH
GOLDFISH:
Warm, witty and wise.
The New York Times
PRAISE FOR
TURTLE IN PARADISE:
H A hilarious blend of
Newbery Medalwinning
author of When You Reach Me
H This is top-notch
middle-grade fiction.
PRAISE FOR
FULL OF BEANS:
Booklist, Starred
Booklist, Starred
Entertaining and
illuminating historical
fiction.
Publishers Weekly, Starred
Read
them
all!
Hey! What
about me?
Front cover (left to right): 2016 by Tad Carpenter from The Fourteenth Goldfish; 2016 by The Little Friends of Printmaking from Turtle In Paradise; 2016 by The Little Friends of Printmaking from Full of Beans