![]() ![]() At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend?they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer.At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. It doesn't matter how many times someone tells you to stop. Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus 9 likes Like When you're living in a pond of algae, you turn green. Some people have other things they've got to do.Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. The Benefits of Being an Octopus Quotes Showing 1-8 of 8 Since life isn’t fair, it’s often up to us to balance it out. NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award?List,?Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee,?2021 South Carolina?Junior Book Award?Nominee,?2020-2021 Truman Award? (Missouri) Nominee,?Middle School Virginia Readers? Choice Titles for 2020?2021?, Charlie May Simon Award 2020?2021 List.Some people can do their homework. ![]()
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