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Olive's Ocean

Kevin Henkes

Paperback | Pages: 217 pages

Rating: 3.78 | 12739 Users | 1263 Reviews

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Original Title:	Olive's Ocean
ISBN:	0060535458 (ISBN13: 9780060535452)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Martha Boyle, Godbee, Jimmy Manning, Tate Manning, Vincent Boyle
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal Nominee (2004), Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2005), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2005)

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Sometimes life can change in an instant 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?

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Title	:	Olive's Ocean
Author	:	Kevin Henkes
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 217 pages
Published	:	April 26th 2005 by Greenwillow Books (first published January 1st 2001)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade

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Ratings: 3.78 From 12739 Users | 1263 Reviews

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Martha Doyle was a just an average girl until a classmate of hers named Olive died in an accident. Olive's mom brings Martha a journal page of Olive saying"She is the nicest girl in my class." From that day on, Martha just couldn't stop thinking about Olive. She and her family visits their granny Godbee, meets Jimmy Mannings and more. It's really easy to reveal what's going to happen next, but the story flowed really well and I think Martha's feelings were very well-expressed and described. It's

Although Olive's Ocean is a Newbery Award winner, it is also a challenged book. It is about a girl named Martha who takes a trip with her family to visit her grandma at the end of summer vacation. Before they leave, Martha has a strange visitor, Olive's mother. Olive, an extremely shy girl in Martha's class, had recently passed away after being hit by a car while riding her bike. Martha knew who Olive was but had never really talked to the girl. Neither did anyone else at school except to tease

Just before Martha Boyle's summer vacation she finds out about the death of a girl in her class named Olive. Olive was quiet and kind of kept to herself. The two girls weren't really friends but after Olive's death Martha began to wonder why not. The theme of this book was good but I really didn't like the language. Some of the characters were a little crude and I felt that there should have been more of a connection to Olive throughout the book. I did like the end though. It was a nice

Olive's Ocean is a 2004 Newbery Honor award winning book.While many of the Newbery Medal and Honor books are insightful, this one zipped right on past, leaving me with a hollow feeling. The story is somewhat typical of a YA book wherein the main character has a coming of age experience that changes them, however, the characters in this book seem one dimensional and limp like.Martha is 12 years old when she learns that her classmate Olive died in a bike accident leaving behind a journal wherein

This book is for adults(not that much for kids)

Kevin Henkes gives a glimpse into the adolescent psyche in "Olive's Ocean". The story is told in the third person, but we see through Martha's eyes. All the other characters are seen in relation to Martha, yet are realistically portrayed and have a substance of their own. The sudden and tragic death of Olive, a classmate of Martha's, and a page from Olive's journal(that her mother delivers) are a catalyst for Martha to look at her own life through different eyes. Martha sees parallels between

I really enjoyed Olive's Ocean. the story was very good and it was different then most books. one thing that was a little wierd was i read this book right after a 7th grader at our school passed away... it was a big coincedence for me. i would recommend this book to most everyone.