Full of Beans

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Label

Full of Beans

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer L. Holm

Creator

• Holm, Jennifer L
• trueHolm, Jennifer L.

Author

• Holm, Jennifer L

Subject

• Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction
• trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
• trueGangs
• Gangs -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century
• JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- General
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Issues | Friendship
• Key West (Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueMoney-making projects
• Moneymaking projects -- Fiction
• truePreteen boys
• trueSmall towns -- Florida
• trueTen-year-old boys
• trueKey West, Florida -- History -- 20th century
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• trueDepression era (1929-1941) -- 1929 -- 1941

Genre

• trueHistorical fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

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

Tone

• trueFeel-good
• trueAmusing
• trueStrong sense of place

Award

• Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2017.
• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2017

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

490

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.H732226

LC item number

Fu 2016

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490

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Target audience

juvenile