My Friend the Octopus

My Friend the Octopus
Lindsay Galvin
RRP:
NZ$ 18.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 14.24
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
2 Jun 2022 UK
9781913696405
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From the bestselling author of Darwin' s Dragons comes a high-stakes aquatic adventure, perfect for fans of The Murderer' s Ape! England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height. Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brighton aquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris. The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Discovering a talent for art, Vinnie begins to draw the extraordinary beast. She soon realises she can communicate with the octopus through colour and - as a gripping mystery begins to unfold - discovers what true courage really means . . . The second middle-grade historical adventure by critically acclaimed Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin' s Dragons A gripping Victorian mystery with a touching connection between a young girl and an octopus at its heart Strong STEM and natural history themes with an underwater twist Effortlessly blends exciting adventure with a rip-roaring historical mystery and non-fiction elements PRAISE FOR DARWIN' S DRAGONS: ' A striking and original adventure . . . just the sort of story I love. ' EMMA CARROLL ' WHAT a voyage! [Darwin' s Dragons] is everything you hope it will be . . . ' LUCY STRANGE ' [A] beautifully fictionalised story' THE TELEGRAPH

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