Olivia Kidney, Ellen Potter
Olivia Kidney, Ellen Potter
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Olivia Kidney

Author: Ellen Potter

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2003


Synopsis

Olivia Kidney’s new apartment building is crazy! Talking lizards crawling everywhere. An exiled princess haunting the hallways. A tropical rain forest growing in 7B. Even an apartment made entirely of glass! Maybe Olivia’s father will get fired from his job as the building super, as he always does, and they can leave. But Olivia is tired of moving from place to place, from school to school. What she wouldn’t give for a little slice of sanity. And maybe a friend to share it with.

In the tradition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Coraline comes a remarkable debut story that is quirky, fun, magical, and completely genuine. Ellen Potter offers a world where even the oddest characters feel right at home. 

“Olivia Kidney is absolutely delightful. I sat down to glance at the story one evening, was immediately drawn in, and ended up chuckling my way straight through in a single sitting, though not without a trace of jealousy. What a smashing debut for Ellen Potter!”—Bruce Coville, author of My Teacher Is an Alien

About The Author

Ellen Potter is the author of one novel for adult readers, The Average Human, in addition to Olivia Kidney.


Reviews

Goodreads review by max theodore on August 28, 2022

(7/28 off the 2022-specific TBR) I LOOKED. FOR THIS BOOK. FOR TEN YEARS. imagine being thirteen and you’re like “yeah i read this book when i was nine and there was, like, a pirate who strangled people and a toppled princess and they all lived in this girl’s apartment building” and getting a complete......more

Goodreads review by Melinda on May 31, 2020

I first read this book when I was 10, and at the time I didn’t realize what it meant. Now at 12 years later I can see how well written it is. How much meaning is packed into such a small book. I really enjoyed my second journey in reading this book. 5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by The Bookshop on May 05, 2020

This was such a fun, quirky read. Olivia is navigating a new school and a new home yet again as she moves with her Dad who is a building maintenance man. This has an entertaining cast of characters who are all dealing with a range of issues and they all contrast with Olivia and her own grief.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 07, 2011

I think I may have found my new favorite children's author. In some ways, this reads as a warm up for Kneebone Boy (my favorite children's book of 2010), aimed at a slightly younger audience. Quirky characters, mysterious happenings, possibly supernatural occurences, heavy duty themes disguised in a......more

Goodreads review by Ninat123 on July 02, 2020

I would've liked it more when I was younger.......more


Quotes

At once exuberant and poignant, PotterÆs cunningly crafted first novel [is] a memorable debut. (Publishers Weekly, starred review)