Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

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 Travis meets Mr. McQueen, who doesn't take pass for an answer--a rare teacher whose savvy persistence has Travis slowly unlocking a book on the natural world. And it's before Travis is noticed by Velveeta, a girl whose wry banter and colorful scarves belie some hard secrets of her own. With sympathy, humor, and disarming honesty, Pat Schmatz brings to life a cast of utterly believable characters--and captures the moments of trust and connection that make all the difference.

Mrs. Schmatz, Mrs. Schmatz, Mrs. Schmatz, Mrs. Schmatz, Mrs. Schmatz, Mrs. Schmatz Estronsky and the UFO, Mousetraps, and Circle the Truth, which was voted a Best Children's Book of the Year by Bank Street College. For Bluefish, she received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship in 2010. I started with Travis, a loner with a loving heart and an eye for beauty, she says of the book. He was enamored with the woods and swamp and had no wish to leave.

When Velveeta's bright scarves got his--and mine--attention, the three of us embarked on a journey into the realm of possibility. Pat Schmatz comes from a little town in Wisconsin.

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EAN	9781469297781
Title	Bluefish
Format	Audiobook Unabridged
Condition	Unavailable

	Luke Daniels
	Kate Rudd
	Pat Schmatz