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Day 1,299 of My Captivity - Happy Endings (1-72)

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Van Pelt, Shelby. Remarkably Bright Creatures. Harper Collins, 2022. Hardcover.

· The story alternates between the perspective of Marcellus, an octopus, and three humans.

· Chapters from Marcellus’ point of view are presented in the first-person and titled as days in captivity, counting to his rapidly approaching death.

· Chapters from the human perspective alternate between Tova Sullivan, Cameron Cassmore, and Ethan Mack, and those chapters are titled with a quote from the chapter and presented from the third-person point of view.

· In “Day 1,299 of My Captivity” Marcellus introduces himself.

· He is a giant Pacific octopus who lived in the middle-bottom of the sea until he was captured and imprisoned in the Sowell Bay Aquarium.

· The daughter of Terry, who runs the aquarium, named him Marcellus McSquiddles.

· Marcellus says that the...

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