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Book Review By Ashley
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes

Martha was relaxing at her house, when Olive's mom came by to drop off a page from Olive's diary. Olive died when she was hit by a car. In the diary page it talks about what Olive wants to be and says that Martha was very kind to her. Martha then had to take her sister Lucy on a walk and took her by Olive's house. At her house, she wrote Olive on the sidewalk by her house and also put a bracelet around the O in Olive.

Then Martha and her family went to visit Godbee (her grandma) who lives by the sea. While they are there, she plays by the water and occasionally has dinner with the Mannings. The oldest Manning, Jimmy, tries to be nice to Martha and is also making a movie. So that he could win a bet, he kissed Martha and after that she hated him a lot.

Tate Manning tries to apologize for his brother's behavior and tries to be nice to her. Before they leave to go back home, Tate gives Martha the tape of the kiss so that she will not be embarrassed. When she got home, she took the jar that she had filled with water from the ocean and sprinkled it at Olive's house in memory of Olive.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - grandma
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of...
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Loving/sexing? - guy chasing

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
City? Yes
Small town? Yes

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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