05339cam a2200985 4500 1342544430 TxAuBib 20240626120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781510737525 1510737529 B077V7NNZP Amazon 85bf2400-a0dd-449c-87ab-2f93acbe79a7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3685187 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Braden, Ann,. The Benefits of Being an Octopus [Bridges eBook]. Sky Pony, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 433kB. children's books with gun violence. books for kids with single mother. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. books about younger siblings. books about kids in poverty. books about guns for kids. books on emotional abuse. realistic novel for kids. taking care of siblings. contemporary fiction. books about siblings. coming of age story. girl main character. books for kids 9-11. books for kids 8-12. middle grade novel. female protagonist. midgrade adventure. economic diversity. books about debate. realistic fiction. book about family. protecting family. sibling adventure. serious kids book. children's books. children's novel. Emotional Abuse. cultural divide. kids in poverty. kids books 9-11. authentic story. Self-Discovery. books for kids. fish in a tree. Jason Reynolds. anti gun books. single mother. Coming of age. Cynthia voigt. trailer park. middle grade. gun violence. older sister. kids novels. growing up. kids books. silblings. Bullying. anti gun. bullies. Poverty. debate. 9-12. gun. HTML:Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers' Choice Titles for 2020–2021, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom's relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward. Juvenile Literature. Juvenile Fiction. 3. 4. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-06-24 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=85bf2400-a0dd-449c-87ab-2f93acbe79a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=85bf2400-a0dd-449c-87ab-2f93acbe79a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=85bf2400-a0dd-449c-87ab-2f93acbe79a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)