Olive's Ocean: A Newbery Honor Award Winner -- Kevin Henkes, Paperback

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 WishBird Lake MoonThe Birthday RoomJunoniaOlive's OceanProtecting MarieSun & SpoonSweeping Up the HeartTwo Under ParWords of StoneThe Year of Billy MillerThe Zebra Wall

Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 04/26/2005
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.16w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780060535452
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 71432 / Olive's Ocean


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/18/2005 pg. 66
Kliatt 07/01/2005 pg. 21
Newsweek 10/06/2008 pg. 8