Olive's Ocean: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 08/12/2003
ISBN: 9780060535438
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.24w x 0.85d
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2003 pg. 911
Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 13
School Library Journal 08/01/2003 pg. 160
Publishers Weekly 08/18/2003 pg. 80
Booklist 09/01/2003 pg. 122
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2003 pg. 17
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2003 pg. 745
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2003 pg. 394
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2004 pg. 781
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2004 pg. 1282
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2004 pg. 1287
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 94 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 94 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

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