Jennifer Holm, the author of the Babymouse graphic novel series wrote this historical fiction story set in Key West Florida during the Great Depression of the 1930's. Beans is a local boy who is barely scraping by trying to earn a nickel or two for his family. When a smuggler asks him to help him in exchange for some serious cash, Beans can't resist. But what is the money worth? Beans' lying and bad choices start to eat at him. He realizes that the people from Washington who are trying to make Key West a tourist destination could use some help, and may help cleanse his guilty conscience.
(FIC HOL)
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