The book Olive's Ocean has a lot of detells and I can understand it a lot. I think you should read it because it is funny and in some parts of the book it might make you cry. In some parts of the book it was kind of boing and some parts it feels like you are right in the book with the characters. The chapters are not that long and I like short chapters because I do not like reading a lot at once. The was about a girl that dies and her name is Olive. Martha wrights a story about Olive while she is at her grandmother's house. Martha does not know how to tell her parents that she likes to wright. Martha finds out that there is this kid that likes her but he really does not. Martha thinks Jimmy like her but his brother Tate really is the one who likes her.

I couldnt put this book down. It was one of those books where you try and sneek reading it after bed-time. i loved this book soooo much and definatley would read it again. One of my all-time favorite books. The author was very descriptive and the book had short, suspensful chapters so that you were hooked on reading it. you should definatley buy this book. recomended for girls from ages 10-15 maybe. loved it!!!

Olive's Ocean
By Kevin Henkes
"Olive Barstow was dead. She had been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bike weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew."
Martha Boyle ends her school year in a disturbing way. After discovering her daughter Olive's diary, Olive's mother finds an entry that mentions Martha. Martha receives this diary entry and is quite surprised. Martha wasn't even Olive's friend. When arriving home Martha rushes to her room to read it. The diary entry tells about Olive's hopes including wanting to become Martha's friend, that "[Martha] is the nicest person in my whole entire class"
Martha is going to the beach that summer to visit her grandmother Godbee. Her grandmother lives on the beachfront. Martha learns, from the entry that Olive wished to but never lived by the ocean. This makes things much worse for Martha.
As the story unfolds, Martha's word is turned upside-down. Always haunted by Olive, she starts to like a person she used to hate and is faced with the troubling fact that Godbee my soon die.
Henkes writes this story beautifully, making serious concepts seem friendly to children. The second you end it you will you will turn back to the first chapter for more.

I really enjoyed this book and would like to recommend it to other readers interested in reading it.

After Martha recieves a page from one of her class mates who died, diaries, her summer changes. She goes through many things, and it was nice to get to read about a character I was able to relate to.

I would recommend this to all.