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Twelve-year-old Martha must come to terms with the death of her classmate Olive, a shy outcast who could have been Martha's best friend but wasn't. While vacationing with her ...Read more
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Kevin Henkes is one of my favorite children's authors, so I was intrigued when I saw that he had written a book for young acults (a "chapter book" as my children wou...Read more
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes (2003, Hardcover)
Author: Kevin HenkesPublisher: GreenwillowLanguage: English
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Twelve-year-old Martha must come to terms with the death of her classmate Olive, a shy outcast who could have been Martha's best friend but wasn't. While vacationing with her family on Cape Cod, Martha obsesses over her crush on a slightly older boy, deals with the fact that her grandmother is getting older and more fragile, and discovers that she and Olive may have had more in common than she had ever imagined. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly. A 2004 Newbery Honor book.
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"Henkes' use of short chapters, many less than a page long, present much of the story in sensory poetic vignettes that limn the plot with a contemplative stillness; readers with a view toward the delicate melancholy of growing up, and the even more profound melancholy of not growing up, will find emotional affirmation here."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Karen Coats (09/01/2003)
"Readers can peer through this brief window into Martha's life and witness a maturation, as she becomes a young woman, appreciates life anew and finds a way to give something back to Olive."
Publishers Weekly (08/18/2003)
"Well-plotted, the working out of Martha's feelings of humiliation, her renewed connection to family, and her final gesture towards the dead Olive are effected with originality and grace. Henkes's characters never lack for the inner resilience that comes from a grounding in the ultimate decency of family. Characters and setting are painted in with the deft strokes of an experienced artist. Few girls will fail to recognize themselves in Martha."
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/2003)
Twelve-year-old Martha must come to terms with the death of her classmate Olive, a shy outcast who could have been Martha's best friend but wasn't. While vacationing with her family on Cape Cod, Martha obsesses over her crush on a slightly older boy, deals with the fact that her grandmother is getting older and more fragile, and discovers that she and Olive may have had more in common than she had ever imagined. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly. A 2004 Newbery Honor book.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | Kevin Henkes |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Greenwillow |
| Series: | NEWBERY HONOR BOOK |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: | 0060535431 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780060535438 |
| Size | |
| Length: | 217 pages |
| Thickness: | 1 in |
| Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
"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.
Industry Reviews
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Karen Coats (09/01/2003)
Publishers Weekly (08/18/2003)
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/2003)
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sweet little olive book
Created: 04/08/08
) Kevin Henkes is one of my favorite children's authors, so I was intrigued when I saw that he had written a book for young acults (a "chapter book" as my children would call it, years ago when they were young children). I enjoyed the book -- it was a very quick read. It was full of teenage thoughts and feelings and the capriciousness that goes with adolescence. It isn't my most favorite book he has authored (that would be "Kitten's First Full Moon"). But it was nicely written and quite profound as much as possible for this audience.
This book is about a young girl who witnesses the death of a classmate. She is sent into emotional turmoil, and goes on a quest to make up for what she perceived as ill-treatment of the friend when she was alive. Does that make sense?
This book is about a young girl who witnesses the death of a classmate. She is sent into emotional turmoil, and goes on a quest to make up for what she perceived as ill-treatment of the friend when she was alive. Does that make sense?
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Created: 04/10/06
) My daughter just started to read for enjoyment and not just school work. She loves this book. It kept her interest, she did read it more than once.
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Olive's Ocean
Created: 06/03/08
) We purchased this book, because our daughter lost the one she checked out from the school library. We used this one to replace the one she lost.
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