My Friend the Octopus Lindsay Galvin

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 Έτος Έκδοσης: 2022, Διαστάσεις: 13.1x13.1cm