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Available
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Publication
Random House Books for Young Readers (2016), 208 pages
Description
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.
Awards
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Finalist — Juvenile — 2016)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2019)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2019)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2017)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2019)
North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2019)
Scott O'Dell Award (2017)
Lectio Book Award (Nominee — 2018)
NPR: Books We Love (2016)
CCBC Choices (2017)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Intermediate — 2017)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2016)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books — 2016)
Notable Children's Book (Middle Readers — 2017)