My Friend the Octopus

From the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragonscomes a high-stakes aquatic adventure, perfect for fans of TheMurderer's Ape! England, 1893, and aquarium fever is at its height.Twelve-year-old Vinnie Fyfe works in the tea-shop at Brightonaquarium, and waits for her milliner mother to return from Paris.The arrival of a giant octopus changes her life for ever. Discoveringa talent for art, Vinnie begins to draw the extraordinarybeast.She soon realises she can communicate with the octopus throughcolour and – as a gripping mystery begins to unfold –discovers what true courage really means ... The second middle-grade historical adventure by criticallyacclaimed Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin's DragonsA gripping Victorian mystery with a touching connectionbetween a young girl and an octopus at its heartStrong STEM and natural history themes with an underwatertwist Effortlessly blends exciting adventure with a rip-roaringhistorical mystery and non-fiction elements  PRAISE FOR DARWIN'S DRAGONS: 'A striking and original adventure ... just the sort of storyI love.' EMMA CARROLL'WHAT a voyage! [Darwin's Dragons] is everythingyou hope it will be ...' LUCY STRANGE'[A] beautifully fictionalised story' THE TELEGRAPH