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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Reading Association Inc.
Olive's Ocean Reviewed by Brigid Patrizi, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
"The world can change in a minute ..." (p. 165).
Martha Boyle is as content in her world as most 12-year-olds can expect to be. School is out and Martha and her family are readying themselves to take their annual summer vacation to Cape Cod to stay with Martha's grandmother. Before she leaves, Martha gets a visit from the mother of a classmate who died in an accident three months before.
"You don't know me," said the woman at the door. "Olive Barstow was my daughter. I was her...
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