Olive's Ocean CD
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (707 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060748141 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 461 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this single entry, the 12-year-old learns more about her shy classmate than she ever knew: Olive also wanted to be a writer; she wanted to see the ocean, just as Martha soon will; and she hoped to get to know Martha Boyle as "she is the nicest person in my whole entire class." Martha cannot recall anything specific she ever did to make Olive think this, but she's both touched and awed by their commonalities. From School Library Journal Grade 5-8-As Martha and her family prepare for their annual summer visit to New England, the mother of her deceased classmate comes to their door. Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public LibraryCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Language is carefully formed, sometimes staccato, sometimes eloquent, and always evocative to create an almost breathtaking pace. She experiences her first kiss, her first
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. What if, what if, what if, what if?The world can change in a minute.Performed by Blair Brown. "Olive Barstow was dead. 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. But especially Jimmy. Jimmy, Tate, Todd, Luke, and Leo. She'd been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago
"This could provoke some good conversations with middle school kids" according to 1phillygirl. I am a middle school English teacher and mom of three, ages 16, 12 and 7. I am currently revamping our school's summer reading list. I just read this book, hoping to include it on our new reading list. I think it is well written and deals with a number of different issues from the perspective of a 12 year old girl.The author allows us to see things through Martha's eyes, such as death and family relationships.For me, the most gratifying parts of the book were interactions between Martha and her wise and kindly grandmother, affectionately known as "Godbee."I often hesitate to share my recommendations because ev. Great story. Book itself is terrible quality and falling apart on our first read Amy B Corliss I LOVE this author and as far as we've read the story is very good. However, the quality of the book itself is TERRIBLE. My daughter opened it just after it arrived and the very first time she opened it the pages split off the spine of the book as though the book was very old and had been exposed to excessive sun or heat or something. Although I'm sure we will enjoy the rest of the story, I'll probably have to throw the book away when done instead of passing it on to the other kids as the pages are falling out. Disappointed.. "portrait of the artist as a young girl" according to A Customer. Olive Barstow was the kind of quiet kid who blended into the woodwork. When she died unexpectedly, her mother brought over a diary page to Martha, the protagonist. Stunned by Olive's writing that she wished they could have been friends, and guilty over not knowing of this during her life, Martha decides to try writing a novel as her family spends a summer at the beach. Her relationships with the boys next door, her grandmother whose house they are staying at, and her family are unexpectedly described in more thoughtful detail than the average young adult book. Not since the Anastasia Krupnik books, have I read