No Place for an Octopus

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No Place for an Octopus is a sweet and sensory journey about an unusual friendship between a boy and an octopus. After discovering an octopus in the rock pools at the beach, the boy imagines all of the adventures they could share if he took the octopus home. His realisation that the octopus may be happier where he currently is - in the rock pools - uncovers a deeper conservation message about how animals are best left in their natural environment.No Place for an Octopus is a sweet and sensory journey about an unusual friendship between a boy and an octopus. After discovering an octopus in the rock pools at the beach, the boy imagines all of the adventures they could share if he took the octopus home. His realisation that the octopus may be happier where he currently is - in the rock pools - uncovers a deeper conservation message about how animals are best left in their natural environment.
Claire Zorn is the author of three novels for young adults- The Sky So Heavy, The Protected and One Would Think the Deep. Published to critical acclaim both nationally and internationally, her novels have won multiple awards, most notably the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - Young Adult Fiction Prize, the Western Australia Premier's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction and the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year (twice).