Whale in a Fishbowl Contributor(s): Howell, Troy (Author), Jones, Richard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1524715182 ISBN-13: 9781524715182 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Marine Life - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories |
Dewey: E |
LCCN: 2017024602 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 10.2" W x 10" (1.05 lbs) 42 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 503503 Reading Level: 2.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A moving, poetic story about a whale in captivity who longs for the ocean . . . because whales don't belong in fishbowls, do they? Wednesday is a whale who lives in a fishbowl smack dab in the middle of a city--it's the only home she's ever known. Cars whizz around her and people hurry past; even the sun and moon circle above. But if she leaps high enough out of her bowl, Wednesday can see it: a calm bit of blue off in the distance. When a girl in a paisley dress tells Wednesday You belong in the sea, the whale starts to wonder, what is the sea? Readers will cheer--and get all choked up-- when, one day, Wednesday leaps higher than ever before and sets in motion a breathtaking chain of events that will carry her to her rightful home. Touching, and ultimately uplifting, here is a story about a lonely creature longing to be free--and longing to find someone just like her. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018 |