# Race for the Ruby Turtle

**Author:** Stephen Bramucci
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 337
**Genre:** Adventure
**ISBN-13:** `9781547607037`
**ISBN-10:** `1547607033`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/race-for-the-ruby-turtle
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Spending the summer with his great-aunt, a boy with ADHD sets out to find a rare ruby-colored turtle before collectors do — and to protect the wild place it calls home. Stephen Bramucci's adventure celebrates nature and neurodiversity. Nominated for the 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award (grades 3-5), administered by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians.

## Themes

- nature
- adventure
- neurodiversity

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · South Carolina — [source: 2025-2026 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees (South Carolina Association of School Librarians / studySC)](https://studysc.org/sc-book-awards/sc-childrens-book-award-2026)

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