Bibliograph

The fourteenth goldfish, Jennifer L. Holm ; [illustrations by Tad Carpenter]

Type

Label

The fourteenth goldfish, Jennifer L. Holm ; [illustrations by Tad Carpenter]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The fourteenth goldfish

Responsibility statement

Jennifer L. Holm ; [illustrations by Tad Carpenter]

Summary

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He s bossy. He s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie s grandfather, a scientist who s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky teenager really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

Target audience

juvenile

Classification