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Remarkably bright creatures: a novel
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Author:
Van Pelt, Shelby,
Published:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025., ©2022.
Format:
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Physical Desc:
360 pages ; 21 cm
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After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Octopuses -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.

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ISBN:
9780063204164, 0063204169

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"Reading group guide inside"--front cover
Description
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Van Pelt, S. (2025). Remarkably bright creatures: a novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Van Pelt, Shelby. 2025. Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Van Pelt, Shelby, Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Van Pelt, Shelby. Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.

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