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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

Olives Ocean CD

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    A CD-Audio by Kevin Henkes, Blair Brown

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 27 April 2004
      ISBN-13 9780060748142
      978-0060748142
      ISBN-10 0060748141

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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

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