The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish - Hardcover

Byars, Betsy Cromer

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9781557361318: The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557361312 ISBN 13: 9781557361318

Publisher: Cornerstone Books, 1989

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Abandoned by a mother who is hiding from the FBI, eight-year-old Warren escapes into horror movie fantasies while he waits for her return.

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About the Author:

Betsy Byars is a widely read and loved author of many award-winning middle-grade books for children, including Summer Of The Swans (Viking), a 1971 Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Children's Book in 1977 as well as the basis for an ABC Afterschool Special. Other books she has written for HarperCollins are Good-bye, Chicken Little; The Seven Treasure Hunts, illustrated by Jennifer Barrett; and three I Can Read Books, the popular The Golly Sisters Go West, Hooray For The Golly Sisters!, and The Golly Sisters Ride Again, all illustrated by Sue Truesdell. Ms. Byars lives in Clemson, South Carolina, with her husband.

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"The story outstrips [Byars's] finest achievements." -- -- Publishers Weekly

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