Octavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything

Author: Rebecca Rupp
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Category: Children's Fiction, Children's General Story Books, Family, Children's Religious Books
Book Format: Hardcover

After her parents find clashing answers to life's big questions, it's time for Octavia to make some choices of her own in this poignant, funny, thought-provoking novel. (Ages 9-12)

Octavia's best friend, Andrew, wants to know why time runs forward instead of backward, or if it's possible to talk to an alien jellyfish. Octavia has much bigger questions on her mind: Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Octavia's artist father, Boone, is convinced that Henry David Thoreau holds the key. Meanwhile, her mother, Ray, has always been seeking the larger meaning of life--until now. Not only have Octavia's parents come up with different answers to the big questions, but their answers are threatening to tear her family apart. Could it be that some questions are too big to have just one answer? Could it be that the universe is far wider than Octavia's--or perhaps anyone's--views of it?

About Rupp Rebecca
Rebecca Rupp is the author of SARAH SIMPSON'S RULES FOR LIVING, JOURNEY TO THE BLUE MOON, THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND and THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON. She lives in Swanton, Vermont.

(BK-9780763644918)

SKU BK-9780763644918
Barcode # 9780763644918
Brand Candlewick Press (MA)
Artist / Author Rebecca Rupp
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.070m
Assembled Height 1.780m
Assembled Width 13.720m
Type Hardcover

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