Sashi feels like she has three hearts and they're all breaking. She's losing her beloved Dadu to dementia, and her parents don't even want her to visit him any more. She hides from her grief in the aquarium, where she meets Ian. Like her Dadu, Ian is trapped. He tells her he's in danger and only she can help him escape. Except Ian just happens to be an octopus...

Lucy Ann Unwin worked as a music journalist for BBC 6 Music for 10 years. She has lived all over the UK, in Chile and the USA, but has now settled on the Sussex clifftops with her family and their tortoise. The Octopus, Dadu and Me is her debut novel.

The activity pack includes book club-style questions to ponder and a recipe for sondesh, a delicious Bengali sweet. You'll also make an octopus pencil pot, solve our aquarium-inspired word puzzle and create your own comic strip, alongside jokes, facts and further reading recommendations.

Activity packs are a handy A5 size and printed on uncoated paper which is fully recyclable.

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