Olive's Ocean

Sometimes life can change in an instant. Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie connections between the two girls, both of whom had kept the same secret without knowing it. Martha, even while on vacation at the ocean, can't stop thinking about Olive. Things get more complicated when Martha starts liking Jimmy Manning, a neighbor boy she once despised. She questions whether life can ever be the same again in this brilliant, touching coming-of-age story and Newbery Honor Book.