David Almond writes about people who are true to themselves and to each other. He is a winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international honor, as well as the prestigious Whitbread Award. One could spend a long time trying to explain why this book is so exceptionally beautiful. First, it is absolutely impossible to put down. Second, it is remarkably sensitive to life and the suffering of the living world.
Stan Stott’s life, just an ordinary boy yesterday, changed overnight: up at 6:00 a.m. and—fish, fish, fish... Cleaning them, gutting them, sealing them in tin cans. From morning till night. And no holidays. Even running away doesn’t save him from the nightmare. Stan ends up at a fair, in a dangerous world of sideshows and magic, and is already preparing to dive into a tank of bloodthirsty piranhas... Stop, what are you doing! They’ll eat you alive!
Author: David Almond
Illustrations: Oliver Jeffers
Translation: Olga Varshaver
Pages: 256 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 208x146x26 mm
