by Kevin Henkes · Everest Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424116552
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«El océano de Olivia» is the young adult novel by Kevin Henkes published by Editorial Everest in paperback (196 pages, in Spanish).
Olivia's sudden death affects Marta, who spends a few days by the sea trying to understand it. The ocean becomes the setting for that grief: although Olivia is no longer there, her memory accompanies her and helps her move forward. A story about loss, memory, and the continuity one person can leave in another.
The work belongs to the Punto de Encuentro collection and the cover indicates it is the 4th edition; it was published in 2005.
Young adult audience, especially readers interested in stories about loss, memory, and relationships between generations.
Kevin Henkes is an American author of children's books. He is known for writing and illustrating picture books, the most notable of which feature young anthropomorphic mice as their main characters. Henkes also writes middle-grade fiction. As an illustrator, he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Two of Henkes's books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Year of Billy Miller in 2014. His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. It was only the second time any author has won that combination of awards.
