Bluefish

by Pat Schmatz

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Travis has a secret: he can't read. But a shrewd teacher and a sassy girl are about to change everything in this witty and deeply moving novel.

Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he's missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there's just the cramped place he shares with his well-meaning but alcoholic grandpa, a new school, and the dreaded routine of passing when he's called on to read out loud. But that's before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763653349
• ISBN13: 9780763653347
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher