![]() In the meantime, Martha begins to write a story about Olive as a memorial.ĭuring her stay, Martha develops a crush on Jimmy, a friend of her older brother Vince, though Godbee warns her to be careful around Jimmy. They decide to share one secret about themselves every day of Martha's stay. Martha distances herself from her family out of anger and becomes closer to Godbee. When Martha's family arrives at Godbee's house, an argument between Martha's parents creates tension between everyone in the family. Martha begins to regret having not known Olive very well. ![]() The page reveals that Olive had admired Martha from afar despite never speaking to or hanging out with her, and that they had a lot in common, particularly a love of the ocean and a wish to become a writer. Olive’s mother later delivers to Martha a page from Olive’s journal. One year, Martha’s classmate Olive dies in a hit-and-run accident. Olive's Ocean was 59 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most challenged books from 2000 to 2009 for having "sexually explicit content and offensive language." Plot Įvery summer, Martha leaves her home in Wisconsin to visit her grandmother, Godbee, on the Atlantic Ocean. The story's idea was taken from Kevin Henkes' question, "What was it like for authors growing up?" The novel Olive's Ocean was written by Kevin Henkes and was originally published in 2001. ![]()
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