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Sep 03, 2007
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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it was ok
Shelves:
read-newbery,
read-childrens-books
It was OK but I really don't think it deserved a Newbery.
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This was an interesting and melancholy story by Henkes, and definitely not what I was expecting. Prior to reading the book, I thought (from the way it was presented through the cover information, and previous discussions of it) that this book dealt more with bullying, and while there seemed to be a small subplot that mentioned it, it was nowhere near what the book was really all about. The main character Martha is surprised at the opening of the story by a mother of a classmate, Olive, who passe
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This was one of those borderline middle grade / YA novels, but since my library has it in the middle grade section that's where I'll shelve it.
For some reason I was expecting this to be a book about (from the POV of) Olive. So I was a little surprised to find out in the first couple of pages that Olive had died.
Right before 12-year-old Martha leaves for a family vacation at her grandmother's, the mother of her classmate Olive pays her a visit. Olive was recently killed in a car accident, and Oli ...more
For some reason I was expecting this to be a book about (from the POV of) Olive. So I was a little surprised to find out in the first couple of pages that Olive had died.
Right before 12-year-old Martha leaves for a family vacation at her grandmother's, the mother of her classmate Olive pays her a visit. Olive was recently killed in a car accident, and Oli ...more
Twelve-year-old Martha Boyle’s life changes the moment she is given a page from Olive Barstow’s diary before summer vacation. Martha didn’t get to know Olive before she died, but it turns out they shared a secret: they both wanted to be writers. Martha’s family head to the Cape to visit her grandmother, Godbee, but Martha just can’t stop thinking about Olive, a girl she hardly knew. Martha and Godbee also have an agreement that they share something new about one another every day. (Godbee is suc
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This was one of those books that just felt "ok" to me throughout the whole thing. It never got very good, but never got very bad, either. It just was what it was, if that makes any sense! I don't think I'll remember much about this story when a bit of time has passed, but, hey...I did make it to the end!
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Jul 11, 2012
Lara
marked it as to-read
