This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one's individual voice.
Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she'll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it's even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent. Now Keet, who can "talk the whiskers off a catfish," doesn't want to open her mouth.
While fishing with her grandfather, she learns the art of listening and gradually, she makes her first new friend. But just as she's beginning to settle in, her grandfather has a stroke, and even though he's still nearby, he suddenly feels ever-so-far-away. Keet is determined to reel him back to her by telling him stories; in the process she finds her voice and her grandfather again.
| ISBN: | 9781629794297 |
| Publication date: | 20th September 2016 |
| Author: | Janice N Harrington |
| Publisher: | Astra Young Readers an imprint of Astra Publishing House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 223 pages |
| Genres: |
Stories about Family and Friends Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment PSHE: Family Issues Poetry Books for Children Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |
This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one's individual voice.Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she'll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it's even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent.
Catching a Storyfish features in the following genres: Stories about Family and Friends, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment, PSHE: Family Issues, Poetry Books for Children, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
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Catching a Storyfish was written by Janice N Harrington and published by Astra Young Readers an imprint of Astra Publishing House
Catching a Storyfish has 223 pages