Olive’s Ocean

$13.59

Hardcover
Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow
Publish Date: August 2003
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.7
EAN: 9780060535438

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Overview

A brilliant, touching coming-of-age story, and a Newbery Honor Book.

Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren’t. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, former classmates who both kept the same secret without knowing it.

Now, even while on vacation at the ocean, Martha can’t stop thinking about Olive. Things only get more complicated when Martha begins to like Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she used to despise. What is going on? Can life for Martha be the same ever again?

Multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including:

    Billy Miller Makes a Wish

    Bird Lake Moon

    The Birthday Room

    Junonia

    Olive’s Ocean

    Protecting Marie

    Sun & Spoon

    Sweeping Up the Heart

    Two Under Par

    Words of Stone

    The Year of Billy Miller

    The Zebra Wall

Details

Pages: 224
Dimensions: 7.84 x 5.24 x 0.85 in
Lexile Score: 680
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 4
ISBN: 0060535431

Awards

2006 Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee (Children's)
2006 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2006 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Junior/Grades 4-6)
2005 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-6)
2005 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2005 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2004 Newbery Medal - Honor Book (Children's)
2003 L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist (Young Adult Fiction)