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Name: Full of Beans

Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Year: 2016
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Historical fiction, Award winners

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ISBNs:
9780553510362
9780553510393
0553510363
0553510398

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.
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"As a storyteller, Holm is superb." -
"Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy." -
"Anyone interested in learning to write crowd-pleasing historical fiction for elementary school readers would be wise to study Holm's work." -
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"Sweet, funny and superb." -
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