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Dear Molly, Dear Olive Series

This series offers a heartwarming exploration of enduring friendships and familial bonds stretching across generations. It follows the lives of two women and their families, highlighting their strength, resilience, and profound mutual affection. Filled with warmth, humor, and occasional poignancy, these narratives capture the beauty of ordinary moments and the lasting impact of connection.

Dear Molly Dear Olive - Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)
Molly Meets Trouble (Whose Real Name Is Jenna)
Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)
Molly Discovers Magic: Then Wants to Un-Discover It

Recommended Reading Order

  • Molly Discovers Magic: Then Wants to Un-Discover It

    • 96 pages
    • 4 hours of reading

    Molly's string of good luck contrasts sharply with her pen pal Olive's struggles, leading her to suspect that magic is influencing their lives. Determined to uncover the truth and restore their friendship, the story unfolds through diverse correspondence and alternating perspectives. This narrative structure provides a rich exploration of the complexities and joys of maintaining a long-distance friendship, highlighting the unique bond between the characters amid their challenges.

    Molly Discovers Magic: Then Wants to Un-Discover It

  • Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)

    • 96 pages
    • 4 hours of reading

    Pen pals Molly and Olive consider themselves best friends even though they have never actually met because Molly lives in New York City and Olive lives on a farm in Iowa--but when Olive finds a diamond bracelet in the grass the two girls start to wonder if they can finally get the money for one of them to visit the other.

    Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)

  • Molly Meets Trouble (Whose Real Name Is Jenna)

    • 96 pages
    • 4 hours of reading

    There's a new girl in the third-grade and she brings out the worst in Molly. As both girls struggle to make new friends, their dishonest emails and letters to each other threaten their relationship.

    Molly Meets Trouble (Whose Real Name Is Jenna)

  • Dear Molly Dear Olive - Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)

    • 96 pages
    • 4 hours of reading

    Molly's birthday is coming up, and she desperately wants her cross-country pen pal, Olive, to attend. The two have never met, but they've got a plan to change that! Unfortunately, it involves selling a lost necklace that isn't theirs. Readers can climb right inside the friends' heads by reading their emails and letters to each other as they struggle to do the right thing. Alternating first-person narratives further flesh out the main characters.

    Dear Molly Dear Olive - Olive Finds Treasure (of the Most Precious Kind)