Olivia Kidney
by:
Ellen Potter (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417660612 (1417660619)
Publish date: October 1st 2004
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 155
Edition language: English
Series: Olivia Kidney (#1)
I picked this book up out of our donations and I thought I might read it aloud to Grade 4 and 5, but I'm not sure… It was a very clever book, with excellent plot twists and mystery, but it might be a bit too dark for me to feelcomfortable using it for a read aloud book with my students considering w...
There are few things I like better than when I pick up a book I've only heard of once and know nothing about, and then having low expectations read the whole thing in just a pair of sittings and discover that I absolutely, positively love it. I can't believe this book isn't more well-known. It's not...
I enjoyed this book, which felt very Roller Skates to me, but I think I actually liked Pish Posh a little more. Just personal preference, I think–I happen to not be very keen on ghost stories. But I’ll try the next Olivia book. She’s an interesting character. [Mar. 2010]
Wow. I'm still not sure what I think of this. A little bit of Alice in Wonderland, bizarre characters, very strange apartments, seances, and a surprising emotional depth. It is perhaps most similar to Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, but it stakes out its own, strange...
I just remembered this book ... someone mentioned it in a goodreads discussion. Haha. I read it a while ago, I think when I was twelve or so. I remember liking it. It had one of those wacky Alice in Wonderland / Coraline atmospheres to it.