What can you learn about yourself as you develop a relationship with another person? Or as you develop a relationship with an animal? How will you grow as an individual? Lynne Kelly's beautiful new book, Three Blue Hearts, is about a boy on a summer vacation where he rescues a hurt octopus and discovers a summer of love and growth that he didn't see coming.

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Three Blue Hearts by Lynn Kelly
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Blue-Hearts-Lynne-Kelly/dp/0593898397/
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Chapters
00:00 Meet Lynne Kelly
03:39 What is Three Blue Hearts by Lynne Kelly about?
07:10 What came first the setting or the character? The animal or kid main character?
10:16 What did Lynne learn about Octopi when writing Three Blue Hearts? Interesting facts about Octopuses.
12:10 Why does it work for Lynne to take a fascinating animal and then build a connection with a child main character?
13:16 Max - the main character in Three Blue Hearts - reconciling your name to be your own, separate from anyone else’s identity
17:50 How friendship helps strengthen individuals through the storms of life
21:37 What is next for author Lynne Kelly?
23:50 What species of animal does Lynne Kelly feel a special connection to?
25:30 Do Octopuses have any similarities to humans? What we can learn from octopi?
28:57 Lynne Kelly’s book recommendation