Olivia Kidney

Read by Tara Sands
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
Ellen Potter is the author of more than ten books, including the bestselling Olivia Kidney series and the award-winning novels Slob, The Kneebone Boy, and The Humming Room. Her most recent series for boys, Otis Dooda: Strange but True, is a Cybils Award nominee. Learn more about Ellen at ellenpotter.com. View titles by Ellen Potter
At once exuberant and poignant, PotterÆs cunningly crafted first novel [is] a memorable debut. (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

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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

Author

Ellen Potter is the author of more than ten books, including the bestselling Olivia Kidney series and the award-winning novels Slob, The Kneebone Boy, and The Humming Room. Her most recent series for boys, Otis Dooda: Strange but True, is a Cybils Award nominee. Learn more about Ellen at ellenpotter.com. View titles by Ellen Potter

Praise

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

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