Consider the Octopus
About this audiobook
When chance, or fate, throws two twelve-year-olds together on board a scientific research ship at the edge of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it’s not all smooth sailing!
Jeremy “JB” Barnes is looking forward to spending the summer before seventh grade hanging on the beach. But his mother, a scientist, has called for him to join her aboard a research ship where, instead, he’ll spend his summer seasick and bored as he stares out at the endless plastic, microbeads, and other floating debris, both visible and not, that make up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Miles and miles away, twelve-year-old Sidney Miller is trying to come up with an alternate activity worthy of convincing her overprotective parents that she can skip summer camp.
When Jeremy is asked to find the contact information for a list of important international scientists and invite them to attend a last-minute Emergency Global Summit, he’s excited to have a chance to actually do something that matters to the mission. How could he know that the Sidney Miller he messages is not the famous marine biologist he has been tasked with contacting, but rather a girl making podcasts from her bedroom―let alone that she would want to sneak aboard the ship?
Consider the Octopus is a comedy of errors, mistaken identity, and synchronicity. Above all, it is a heartfelt story about friendship and an empowering call to environmental protection, especially to our young people who are already stepping up to help save our oceans and our Earth.
About the author
Nora Raleigh Baskin is an ALA and ILA award–winning author of fifteen novels for young readers, including Anything but Typical, Ruby on the Outside, and Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story. Her work has been published in several short story anthologies, and her personal narrative essays have appeared in such places as the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, NCTE Voices from the Middle, and The Writer magazine. NoraBaskin.com.
Gae Polisner is the author of six prior novels, including the award-winning The Memory of Things. She lives on Long Island with her husband, two sons, and a suspiciously fictional-looking small dog. When not writing, Gae can be found in the open waters off Long Island, where she still hopes that, one day, her wet suit will turn her into a superhero. GaePolisner.com.
Piper Goodeve is an Audie Award-winning narrator who has given her voice to almost two hundred titles. When not narrating, she enjoys acting and has appeared Off-Broadway and at regional theaters across the country. Having received her bachelor's degree from New York University, she went on to acquire her master's degree in acting from Brown University. She happily splits her time between Brooklyn and Vermont.
Michael Crouch is actor based in New York City. His audiobook narrations have earned an Audie Award, multiple Earphones Awards, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the anime series Pokemon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
