What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?: And Other Stories

By Avi

Book Overview

In this masterful collection, Newbery Award winner Avi charts the turning points in the lives of seven young protagonists. In the overlapping years when childhood and adolescence blend and shift like waves and sand, nothing is certain and everything is changing. In this extraordinary collection of stories, Avi, one of the most innovative authors writing for young people today, charts the turning points in the lives of seven protagonists in their restless middle years. Here you will meet, among others, the subject of the title story, who wonders why he shouldn't ask questions that have no answers -- is it because he might discover the truth? You'll also encounter a "bad" minister's son who is dared to be good, and a chilling tale of a girl who is haunted by the ghosts of her cats. Always with a surprise built in, an angle unseen, these are stories that step just beyond the edge of the everyday.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763623199
• ISBN13: 9780763623197
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great pick for the classroom

I have been looking for some short stories for read alouds in my fourth grade classroom. This is great! The kids already love the author from the Poppy series.

7 stories, 35 stars!

(this is written by my 12 yr old daughter) This book is filled with 7 inspiring stories about kids in 5th, 6th and 7th grades. I had to read this book for school but I would read it on my own any day any place any time. I usually wouldn't read a story by Avi but this book was an exception. I recommend it to kids from 5th to 7th grades.

If you like short stories, you'll love this book!

Written in the signature Avi methond, this book is about lots of subjects.Homeless People, Suicide, Ghosts, Divorce, Teachers and alot more. Avi keeps it real, making the things about events that do happen in 5th/6th/7th grades.I recomend this to anyone who enjous short stories or who like Avi's stranger stories.

FISH!

SWIM LIKE A FISH IN THE SEA, BABY! MEGAN THINKS LLAMA'S ARE SEXY BEAST'S! YEA BABY! OH YEA, READ THE BOOK, IT'S GREAT!

You Have To Read It!

In What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?: And Other Stories, you always learn your lesson. From kindness to caring, Avi tells 7 tales of mystery and friendship. This book is funny and suspenseful, you never know what will happen next. While you're reading this book, you can tell how the characters are feeling at all times. If I had written this book, nothing would be changed. I recommend this book to children ages 10-13. Remember, like the stranger across the street said, you always need more than what they say.