<p><b>Now a #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller! A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of <i>Wishtree</i>. <br></b><br>Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: <br><br><i>Nobody has her moves.</i><br><i>She doesn¿t just swim to the bottom,</i><br><i>she dive-bombs.</i><br><i>She doesn¿t just somersault,</i><br><i>she triple-doughnuts.</i><br><i>She doesn¿t just ride the waves,</i><br><i>she makes them.</i><br><br>Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she¿s known. She¿s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself¿and about the humans who hope to save her.<br><br>Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothe