Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award
March 2017 Debut of the Month In a sparely written but richly imaginative story, Chloe Daykin sensitively explores what it feels like to see the world just a bit differently. Billy loves the sea and uses swimming as a way of escaping the difficulties of his unwell mother. But his love of the sea also makes him the butt of his class mates’ jokes as it marks him out as different.
Billy increasingly creates an alternative world for himself inspired in part by the lessons about animals that he has learnt from David Attenborough’s programmes. But when a new boy arrives in the class Billy finds someone who understands him. Fish Boy is a debut novel to savour. ~ Julia Eccleshare
People call me Fish Boy. My skin goes up and down like the waves. My mind goes in and out like the sea. They say I've always got my mouth open, that I ask too many questions. But what's wrong with that?
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People call me Fish Boy. My skin goes up and down like the waves.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Fish Boy and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Fish Boy features in the following genres: Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Debuts of the Month, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Funny, Fantasy / Magical, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Fish Boy was written by Chloe Daykin and published by Faber & Faber
