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An octopus named Houdini

Houdini the octopus dreams of leaving the aquarium where she lives and returning to the wild, so when she meets a kindred spirit in Juno, she believes she finally has a chance at freedom.

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Main Author: Fraillon, Zana (Author)
Other Authors: Luyken, Corinna (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Aquariums > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Octupuses > Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Octopuses.
Friendship.
Aquariums.
Home.
Animal fiction.
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Summary:Houdini the octopus dreams of leaving the aquarium where she lives and returning to the wild, so when she meets a kindred spirit in Juno, she believes she finally has a chance at freedom.
Physical Description:pages ; cm
Audience:Ages 8-12
ISBN:9798347114757
9798347114764
Author Notes:Zana Fraillon was born in Melbourne Australia but spent her early childhood in San Francisco. She has always loved reading. She studied history at university and then trained to be a primary school teacher. Both have an influenced her writing.

She is the author of No Stars to Wish on, The Bone Sparrow, and The Ones That Disappeared, which won the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult's Literature. She is the author of the Monstrum House series and co-author, with Lucia Masciullo, of the series When No-one's looking.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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