| Olive's Ocean: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Contributor(s): Henkes, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060535431 ISBN-13: 9780060535438 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: This exquisite coming-of-age story from a bestselling author is about a girl who is haunted by her deceased friend Olive and has just a hint of young romance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002029782 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: Newbery Medal - Honors Title(s) |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.24" W x 7.84" (0.72 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71432 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Olive Barstow was dead. She'd been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew." Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends. But they weren't -- and now all that is left are eerie connections between two girls who were in the same grade at school and who both kept the same secret without knowing it. Now Martha can't stop thinking about Olive. A family summer on Cape Cod should help banish those thoughts; instead, they seep in everywhere. And this year Martha's routine at her beloved grandmother's beachside house is complicated by the Manning boys. Jimmy, Tate, Todd, Luke, and Leo. But especially Jimmy. What if, what if, what if, what if? The world can change in a minute. |
Contributor Bio(s): Henkes, Kevin: - Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors--one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller--and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com |