Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

Olivetti is a New York Times bestselling debut novel from Allie Millington — a beautifully written, bittersweet middle-grade story narrated by both a boy and his family's overlooked vintage typewriter. Olivetti the typewriter has lived with the Brindle family for years, quietly storing every word ever typed on him. Replaced by a laptop and largely forgotten, he watches as the family struggles in the aftermath of a mysterious event they call "the Everything That Happened." When Beatrice, his beloved owner, suddenly sells him to a San Francisco pawn shop and vanishes, introverted twelve-year-old Ernest — who reads dictionaries to soothe his anxiety — steals him back. Breaking the sacred typewriterly code, Olivetti begins typing back, sharing Beatrice's hidden memories as the unlikely duo, joined by the pawnbroker's daughter Quinn, race to find her. Praised by Tom Hanks in the New York Times. Recommended for readers aged 10–14.