Olive's Ocean Critiques
Kevin Henkes is an amazing writer. From beginning to end I could not put down
his book, Olive's Ocean. I can definitely see why his book is a Newbery Honor Book.
From the dust jacket alone this book peaks my interest. Henkes shows a pair of
feet standing in water and some fish swimming around, that oddly enough look similar
to coy fish, which are not ocean fish. On the back of the dust jacket, is an amazing
excerpt from the book, revealing the part where Martha, the main character, almost
drowns. I couldn't read fast enough once I finished this passage. I just wanted to get
to that part of the book and find out what happens to Martha. When opening the book
the size of the print and the length of the chapters was very inviting. I felt that as a
child I would not be intimidated, as it appears to be an easy read for children between 9
and 13 years of age.
I absolutely loved this story. In this book, Henkes touches on a lot of......
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