Bluefish Hardcover - 2011

Media reviews

A lovely, understated book that celebrates the possibility of a kind and humane friendship between an eighth-grade girl and boy...this novel is also an ode to the significance of reading in the lives of young people and to a teacher who knows the power literature can wield. Unique and original, believable and poignant, this is a book with power of its own.
—The Horn Book (starred review)

Readers seeking emotional warmth, congenial humor, and an affirmation of forgiveness and friendship will cozy up to these characters.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Despite the weighty problems the characters face-grief, alcoholism, and bullying among them-Bluefish is a lively, often-humorous, and ultimately hopeful page-turner. It has all the hallmarks of a classic contemporary young adult issues novel. It's packed with memorable and believable characters and powered by the prospect of redemption and just a hint of romance.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Citations

• Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2011, Page 0
• Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2011, Page 111
• Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 111
• Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2011, Page 0
• School Library Journal, 12/01/2011, Page 129
• Shelf Awareness, 11/29/2011, Page 0