Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, "Odder".
"Odder: an otter's story" is a stunning picture book from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate, adapted from the #1 bestselling middle-grade novel.
Everyone wants to meet Odder, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself―and about the humans who hope to save her.
Katherine Applegate’s Odder, is inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers. This poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals.
Applegate is also the author of the modern classic "The One and Only Ivan", a Newbery Award winner and a #1 New York Times bestseller, and by its bestselling sequels, "The One and Only Bob", "The One and Only Ruby", and "The One and Only Family".
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