Goldfish
A Novel
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
I am Lou Brown:
Social outcast, precocious failure, 5'10" and still growing.
I was on the fast track to the Olympic superstardom.
Now, I'm training boys too cool to talk to me. In a sport I just made up. In a fish tank.
My life has quickly become very weird.
Nat Luurtsema's YA debut is side-splittingly funny and painfully true to anyone who's just trying to figure out how they fit into the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Filled with slapstick antics, this lighthearted story of 15-year-old Louise Brown, a down-on-her-luck swimmer, deserves to make a splash with readers. Gangly and unpopular, Louise lives in Essex, England, with her divorced parents and older sister. After she loses her chance at Olympic stardom, she has to start a new school year without her best friend Hannah (who did qualify for Olympic training) and deal with her former coach, who treats her like a pariah. When three A-list guys from school recruit Louise to coach them in synchronized swimming in an attempt to get on Britain's Hidden Talent, things go laughably wrong. Louise's snarky sense of humor makes for highly entertaining reading ("I don't know what they're trying to do, I don't know if it's even got a name or if it's just Drowning to Music"). Though the plot is straightforward, Luurtsema, in her first book for teens, provides plenty of humiliating moments and awkward gaffes to keep readers laughing. A touch of romance and a tested friendship round out a broadly enjoyable read. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
A funny book indeed.
I enjoyed not only the story that came with the book, but the humor that had tagged along as well. It was natural to the characters that used it and didn’t feel forced.
Love
I love books. My books collection has grown over the years and I am constantly at the library. But still, this book I love the most. This is the one book I can read over and over and over again without getting bored of the same story. Lou is hilarious and everything that happens to her is the book is hilariously awful. Her way of telling her story gives you a clear picture of exactly what happened, while making you laugh the entire journey.