A moving, poetic story about a whale in captivity who longs for the
ocean . . . because whales don't belong in fishbowls, do they?
Wednesday is a whale who lives in a fishbowl smack dab in the middle of
a city--it's the only home she's ever known. Cars whizz around her and
people hurry past; even the sun and moon circle above. But if she leaps
high enough out of her bowl, Wednesday can see it: a calm bit of blue
off in the distance. When a girl in a paisley dress tells Wednesday You
belong in the sea, the whale starts to wonder, what is the sea? Readers
will cheer--and get all choked up-- when, one day, Wednesday leaps
higher than ever before and sets in motion a breathtaking chain of
events that will carry her to her rightful home. Touching, and
ultimately uplifting, here is a story about a lonely creature longing to
be free--and longing to find someone just like her.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018!
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018!