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LocationOakland
StatusChecked Out
Call NoF VAN
TitleRemarkably Bright Creatures / Shelby Van Pelt.
AuthorVan Pelt, Shelby.
Barcode47660111119505
CollectionFiction
SummaryAfter 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. Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063204164 $19.99 paperback
Personal Name Van Pelt, Shelby.
Title Statement Remarkably Bright Creatures / Shelby Van Pelt.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Ecco, 2025.
Physical Description 384 p. softcover 20 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. 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. Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term FICTION / Literary bisacsh
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Family life, general Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Animals Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Humorous, Dark humor Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mystery & detective, cozy-animals Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Magical realism Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fantasy, humorous Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Friendship Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mothers & sons Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human-animal relationships Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Widows Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Octopuses Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Mystery & detective Fiction.