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Synopsis
The world can change in a minute ...Summer is Martha's favourite time. Every year she goes to stay in her grandmother's beautiful beachside house, where everything is perfect. But this year is different. There are the Manning boys, for a start - Jimmy, Tate, Todd, Luke and Leo. And then there's Olive - a girl Martha barely knew. A girl who suddenly died. A summer of what-ifs and might-have-beens. A summer of secrets and confusion. A summer Martha will never forget ...
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A brand new author to the Puffin list, Kevin Henke's novels include The Birthday Room, Sun & Spoon and Words of Stone. Among his acclaimed picture books, many of which are published here in the UK, are the number one bestseller Wemberley Worried, the Caldecott Honor Book Owen and the charming Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Twelve-year-old Martha Boyle stands on the brink of discovery: about her family, about first love, and mostly about herself. As her family prepares for the annual visit to her paternal grandmother, Martha is given a journal entry from her classmate, Olive, who was killed in an automobile accident. Martha didn't really know Olive, but the journal entry makes Martha reflect on what might have been if Olive hadn't died. In her two weeks on Cape Cod, Martha learns to deal with the changing emotional landscape that comes with adolescence. This quiet, introspective story seems a bit overwhelmed by Blair Brown's strong, deep voice. While she reads with calm assurance, delineating the characters well with inflection and pacing, the overall effect is disappointing. A lighter voice might have provided more sparkle for the carefully crafted language and the depiction of the main character's changing self-awareness so skillfully created by Henkes. S.G. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherXiao Lu Wen Hua/Tsai Fong Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 9867742842
- ISBN 13 9789867742841
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages201
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Xiao Lu Wen Hua/Tsai Fong Books, 2005
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ISBN 13: 9789867742841
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