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!
| ISBN: | 9781524715182 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 2018 |
| Author: | Troy Howell |
| Illustrator: | Richard Jones |
| Publisher: | Schwartz & Wade Books an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 42 pages |
| Genres: |
Animal Stories Children’s / Teenage general interest: Fish and marine life Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Adventure Stories |