My story that is important to me is, Olive’s Ocean by Keven Henkes. I first read this story when I was in fifth grade, not knowing what was in it or what it was about. Before I start about what the story is about, I just wanted to tell you that every summer since I was born, I have been going to Cape Cod, where my dad goes. A really special place there for me is a harbor called Quissett in Woods Hole. My family has been going there for hundreds of years and it is one of my favorite spots in the world. Now back to the story, there are two girls in the same class but aren’t friends. One girl dies in an accident and her mom visits the other and gives her a note. This note is from the girl that died named Olive. She writes about how she has always wanted to go the ocean but she never got to. The other girl, Martha goes every summer to a beach in Cape Cod. As I read further along, I read the words Quissett Harbor and the Knob (the Knob is a place to go inside of Quissett). I am completely shocked not only that she went to the same place as I did, that is so special to me, that the book also taught me a lot about friendships and how events could really change you. This book even though it is not the most exciting to others, it really spoke to me and I have still remembered this book since 5th grade.
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