{"product_id":"amphibian-paperback-1","title":"Amphibian - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarla Gunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Canada and Caribbean region)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Top Five First Fiction Title of 2009\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Phineas William Walsh has an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world. He knows that if you wet a dog's food with your saliva and he refuses to eat it then he's top dog, and he knows that dolphins can sleep half a brain at a time. What he doesn't know, though, is why his grandfather died, or why waste-of-flesh Lyle always picks on him. Or why his parents can't live together - after all, when other mate-for-life animals have a fight, it's not like one of them just packshis bags and leaves the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make it to-infinity worse, he's worried sick about what humans are doing to the planet, and his mother is worried sick about him. But shouldn't everyone be losing sleep over the fact that a quarter of all Earth's mammals are on the Red List of Threatened Species? So, when a White's tree frog ends up in an aquarium in his fourth-grade classroom, it's the last straw, and he and his best friend, Bird, are spurred to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carla Gunn's prose crackleswith energy in this illuminating, heart-gripping novel. A hilarious, brilliant, loveable, exasperating child, Phin and his mesmerizing voice need listening to. The powerful, authentic narrator brings to mind \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, but Gunn's an original, and draws us deeply into Phin's many and varied worlds. A compassionate tale balancing light and dark, this is a must-read book.' \u003cstrong\u003e--Sheree Fitch, author of \u003ci\u003eKiss the Joy As It Flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm thrilled to promote \u003ci\u003eAmphibian\u003c\/i\u003e as our number one summer reading suggestion to customers of all ages, many of whom have returned to say how much they enjoyed it. It really has all the elements of a classic in the making. In nine-year-old Phineas Walsh, Carla Gunn has created a narrator that is perceptive, hilarious and frustrating, as he grapples with humanity's seeming indifference to the rapid destruction of our animals and our planet. The issues are urgent, yet the author maintains a light tone throughout that isbreathtakingly delightful, heartfelt and ultimately hopeful. It's fresh, timely and very hard to find fault with. I was thrilledto read it and shed light on this gem of a book that might otherwise get lost in the shuffle. It's what independent bookselling is all about.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Andrew Peck, Singing Pebble Books, Ottawa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarla Gunn's work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e and heard on CBC radio. Along with writing, she teaches psychology and she worries. About everything. But especially climate change, mass extinctions and that mole that she can feel but not see. This is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771655717152,"sku":"9781552452141","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79f67c7df6a9abf35096b01e78b3caa9.webp?v=1780390432","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/amphibian-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}