Lindsay Galvin
My Friend the Octopus
My Friend the Octopus
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Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brightonaquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris.The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever as agripping mystery begins to unfold .
From the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragonscomes a high-stakes aquatic adventure, perfect for fans of TheMurderer's Ape!England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height.Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brightonaquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris.The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Discoveringa talent for art, Vinnie begins to draw the extraordinarybeast.She soon realises she can communicate with the octopus throughcolour and – as a gripping mystery begins to unfold –discovers what true courage really means ...The second middle-grade historical adventure by criticallyacclaimed Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin's DragonsA gripping Victorian mystery with a touching connectionbetween a young girl and an octopus at its heartStrong STEM and natural history themes with an underwatertwistEffortlessly blends exciting adventure with a rip-roaringhistorical mystery and non-fiction elementsPRAISE FOR DARWIN'S DRAGONS:'A striking and original adventure ... just the sort of storyI love.' EMMA CARROLL'WHAT a voyage! [Darwin's Dragons] is everythingyou hope it will be ...' LUCY STRANGE'[A] beautifully fictionalised story' THE TELEGRAPH
Weight: 286g
Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913696405
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