The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

Author(s): David Almond

Middle Readers

Multi-award-winning author David Almond brings us a joyfully life-affirming and fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy. Stanley Potts is just an ordinary boy, but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear his Uncle Ernie develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish. Suddenly their home is filled with the sound of clanging machinery and the stench of mackerel, and Uncle Ernie's obsession reaches such heights that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish! Stan, however, has his own destiny, which leads him - via a hook-a-duck stall - to Pancho Pirelli, the blue-caped madman who swims with piranhas. And as Stan delves into the waters, he finally discovers who he really can be. It is published in a jacketed gift format, fully illustrated in black and white by the award-winning Oliver Jeffers.

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Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award: Best Story 2013.

"There really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adult's fiction today." The Times

General Fields

  • : 9781406320763
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : 30 June 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 October 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 256
  • : 11-Dec
  • : Hardback
  • : David Almond