The Octopus Scientists

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world. It's baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckers--suckers that can taste as well as feel. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape-shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer can follow.
But most intriguing of all, octopuses--classed as mollusks, like clams--are remarkably intelligent with quirky personalities. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our own unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experience and understand our world (and perhaps even life itself) in a new way.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/26/2015
ISBN: 9780544232709
Pages: 80
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 11.50w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2015
Booklist 05/15/2015 pg. 46
School Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 159
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2015
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2015 pg. 84
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 173900 / Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk
Reading Level: 6.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3