Catching a Storyfish

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wordsong
Published: 09/20/2016
ISBN: 9781629794297
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2016
Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 110

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 189674 / Catching a Story Fish
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2