What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Troubled Waters
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SOLVED. YA book about pet Goldfish surviving in the wild [s]
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Sep 20, 2010 10:53AM
I'm looking for a book I read as a kid about a goldfish who gets into the wild somehow (dumped in a pond maybe? Or accidentally dumped down a drain?) and has to learn how to survive. He has all kinds of adventures and is nearly killed several times (I remember vividly a scene with a pike lying in wait for him, hanging in the water below him), and he meets a female fish who is nearly eaten by a water bug at one point. I probably read this in the early-mid 1980s. Anyone else remember this book?
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It's possible he was flushed...I feel like I remember he was flushed, but one other person I talked to who remembered the book (but not the title or author) thought he was dumped into a pond/creek.
Bumping this topic to add that I remember the cover of the book as being white, with a drawing of a goldfish swimming around a water plant.
Bumping again! I live in hope! :)
OH MY GOD I think I found this! I'm pretty sure it is "Troubled Waters" by Daniel Pratt Mannix. I have a copy on order and will confirm when I receive it!
Simone wrote: "OH MY GOD I think I found this! I'm pretty sure it is "Troubled Waters" by Daniel Pratt Mannix. I have a copy on order and will confirm when I receive it!"Thanks, Simone. I hope that's it. Thanks in advance for returning to let us know.
It is indeed Troubled Waters! Can't wait to share it with my daughter.
