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    What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?: And Other Stories
    What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?: And Other Stories
    What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?: And Other Stories
    Audiobook3 hours

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

    Written by Avi

    Narrated by Jeff Woodman, Christina Moore and Johnny Heller

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Eve is haunted by her dead cats, Willie is not content to turn a blind eye to suffering, and Maria carries on lengthy conversations with a silent caller. Theirs are the odd, but strangely realistic stories you will find in this collection. Avi's stories address real concerns in a way young people can relate to. Always entertaining, they broach difficult topics like divorce, teenage runaways, adolescent cruelty, and homelessness. Here even "bad" kids can make moral choices, and the behavior of adults is often bizarre and small-minded. Recipient of Newbery Honors and numerous other awards, Avi is recognized as one of the most innovative authors for young people today. These stories are just quirky and irreverent enough to appeal to finicky pre- to post-adolescent listeners. Already engaging, they take on new energy when performed by our talented narrators.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 20, 2013
    ISBN9781470354152
    What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?: And Other Stories
    Author

    Avi

    Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing but the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at avi-writer.com.

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    • 4/5
      short stories all with a good moral ending
    • 3/5
      I usually don't like AVI but this book changed my mind, for a time at least. Anyway, the stories in this book are kind of depressing but well written. If you like depressing stories then read this book. I not putting it down or anything. I like it and that is why its on my page.
    • 3/5
      Cute.And a little creepy. very clever, short reading that will get you thinking. Very fun,definatly not heavy reading.