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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!
Whale in a Fishbowl
By Troy Howell
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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
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Pages
42 pages
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
May 22, 2018
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Troy Howell
- ISBN
- 9781524715182
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- May 22, 2018
- Publication year
- 2018
- Pages
- 42
- Dimensions
- 10.37 in × 0.4 in × 10.37 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile FictionAnimalsMarine LifeSocial ThemesNew ExperienceAction & AdventureSurvival Stories