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Remarkably Bright Creatures
In the coastal town of Sowell Bay, seventy-year-old widow Tova Sullivan cleans the aquarium after hours — partly for the paycheck, mostly to keep grief from swallowing the nights. There she forms an unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus who sees far more than his captors realize. When a lost young man arrives searching for the father who abandoned him, three lonely lives begin to braid together — and an old mystery about Tova’s missing son starts to surface.
“We are all of us a little remarkable, if only we look closely enough.”
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Remarkably Bright Creatures This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Aquarium night shift or Small-town grocery store?
- 2. Octopus tank or Tide pools?
- 3. Solving clues or Collecting clues?
- 4. Sowell Bay harbor or Aquarium after hours?
- 5. Finding the ring or Finding the truth?
- 6. Road trip in a camper van or One hometown forever?
- 7. Marcellus’s intelligence or Ethan’s people skills?
- 8. Hidden clue or Honest conversation?
- 9. Night walks or Early mornings?
- 10. Being mysterious or Being understood?