
Written by Callie Barkley · Illustrated by Marsha Riti
Book #11 in the The Critter Club series
A young girl participates in a sand castle contest and helps a baby octopus in distress
At the beach, Liz faces a sand castle contest with a not-so-friendly neighbor, Tommy, who might have sabotaged her creation. As she navigates this rivalry, Liz discovers a baby octopus in need of rescue. With the contest looming and the ocean calling, Liz must rebuild her castle and help the tiny creature. Will she manage to win the competition and save the octopus? Dive into this adventure where friendship and determination are put to the test.
Liz deals with some unfriendly competition at the beach and tries to rescue a baby octopus in the eleventh book of The Critter Club series. Liz and her family are at the beach! Liz loves building sand sculptures, so when she sees a flyer for a sand castle competition, of course she enters. She thinks she’s found a new friend when she meets her neighbor Tommy, who is also competing, but Tommy’s not so nice. He teases Liz about the castle she’s building and he laughs when one of the pieces caves in. Then Liz’s castle gets ruined overnight! It’s the day of the contest judging, and Liz no longer has anything to enter. Did Tommy destroy Liz’s sand castle? Plus, Liz finds a baby octopus that needs help! Will she be able to get the octopus back in the ocean and swimming again? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
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