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Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
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Olive's Ocean

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Narrator Blair Brown

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Length 3 hours 24 minutes
Language English
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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


Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Childrenโ€™s Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He receivedย the Caldecott Medal forย Kittenโ€™s Firstย Full Moon; Caldecott Honors forย Waitingย andย Owen; two Newbery Honors, one forย Oliveโ€™s Oceanย and one forย The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors forย Waitingย andย Penny and Her Marble. His other books includeย The World and Everything in It; A House;ย Aย Parade of Elephants;ย Chrysanthemum; and the belovedย Lillyโ€™s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.

Blair Brown, a veteran of the New York theater, received 5 Emmyยฎ nominations for her starring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.

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