She is starting to see how everyone in Key West seems to know each other and has a bond. Turtle notices the family’s reaction when they see Uncle Vernon it tugs at her heart a little. Turtle starts to wonder about why her mother would not tell her the truth, but this is pushed to the back of her mind when Uncle Vernon, Aunt Minnie’s husband, returns home. This was a surprise to her, because her mom had told her that her Grandmother had passed away.
Afterwards, Turtle learns Nana Philly is her grandmother. Nana Philly is not too friendly too friendly towards Turtle. Sometime later, she and Pork Chop take Nana Philly her lunch.
There is one problem though, Turtle cannot swim, therefor the job ended almost as soon as it started. Turtle is hoping to get a job, so she can contribute to her mother’s fund to buy a mail order house she is happy when Slow Poke offers to let her work for him on his boat, Lost Love, collecting sponges. One day when she is hanging-out with them while they are making their Diaper Gang rounds, she meets a man named Slow Poke who has just returned from harvesting sponges. The only problem is no girls are allowed in the club, but the antics of the boys keep her entertained and sometimes annoyed.
In exchange for candy, they baby-sit babies and have a secret diaper rash formula they use that the mothers love. Turtle soon learns that the boys and a friend named Pork Chop have a business called the Diaper Gang. The buildings looked run-down and the kids are running around barefoot. Turtle’s mother, who is from the area, told her Key West would be like living in paradise, but from what Turtle has seen it is far from it. Aunt Minerva, or Minnie, has three boys of her own: Beans, Kermit, and Buddy. Her mother works as a live-in housekeeper, and her new employer does not want children in the house, so Turtle is going to live in Key West, Florida with her Aunt Minerva.
Book Summary: Turtle is an 11-year-old girl growing up during the Great Depression.
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