Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

Narrated by: Alison Fraser, Yuuki Luna, Angel Pean, Nancy Wu, Amanda Carlin, Adenrele Ojo

A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree.

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play:

Nobody has her moves.

She doesn’t just swim to the bottom,

she dive-bombs.

She doesn’t just somersault,

she triple-doughnuts.

She doesn’t just ride the waves,

she makes them.

Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself—and about the humans who hope to save her.

Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers, this poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of the Glossary and additional resources from the book

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Katherine Applegate (P)2022 Listening Library

Beautiful & educational

The speed of this book, short chapters, takes some getting used to. But once you accept it,, the rhythm is quite beautiful. The story is not only immersive and heartwarming but educational as well. A tale to be remembered.

Informative with a cute story!

I love otters so this book was perfect to meet one of the prompts of a book challenge. Great narration and a great story! Highly recommend.

Wonderful story

Read with my grandson Alex. Was really intrigued with the book, your child will enjoy it!

Beautiful

What a great book— unique, accurate, scientific info in a format for kids…though I’m an adult and loved it!
Alison Fraser is a lovely narrator.

a sweet story

I love the voice actors. I was able to listen to the story driving around doing errands on the weekend.

awesome!

I liked it because I read the story before and it's kind of sad but it makes me feel happy when there's a happy ending and they're usually is and this one has a happy ending and I like it.

I really like this book.

I like the story and the audio is also great! Overall I really like this book.

Odder

We loved this book; it was great story! We look forward to future books by this author.

The cutest story on planet earth also great for learning

Order is a cute story about a cute otter, but there is a shark attack. So if you're child it's a little It might be a little scary for them. But overall it's a great and adorable story. And I do recommend it for a lot of people. And I'm a big fan. From elli

Great story and narrators

I was a member of the Monterey Bay Aquarium for many years. I knew about the sea otter surrogacy program but this story gave me greater insight into how this all started and how it evolved. The hard work and dedication of the staff have saved the lives of many of these precious animals. 💕
I’m anxious to share this story with my young grandson.