Full of Beans
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.
Grown-ups lie. That's one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means "locals") in all of Key West. Not that Beans really minds; it's 1934, the middle of the Great Depression. With no jobs on the island, and no money anywhere, who can really blame the grown-ups for telling a few tales? Besides, Beans isn't anyone's fool. In fact, he has plans. Big plans. And the consequences might surprise even Beans himself.
| SKU | M14039 |
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| ISBN | 9780553510362 |
| Language | English |
| Guided Reading Level | V |
| Page Count | 208 |
| Product Type | Hardcover Books |
| Primary Contributor | Jennifer L. Holm |
| Age Groups | Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12 |
| Publisher | PRH - Penguin Random House |