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 far away Key West, Florida. Interest Level: 3-6 Reading Level: 3.7 ATOS Book Level: 3.7 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 4 AR Quiz: 137063EN Reading Counts Level: 3.4 Reading Counts Points: 8 Lexile Measure: 610 Fountas & Pinnell: V Iowa Children's Choice Award 2013 - 14.