FISHTALE, written by Hans Bauer (the hit movie Anaconda) and Catherine Masciola, now available from Amazon. Four kids and their epic encounter with a titanic catfish on the Mississippi Delta. amazon/Fishtale-Hans-Bauer-ebook/dp/B007TX6QYA/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408978193&sr=1-5&keywords=hans+bauer Kindle Ebook ($3.99), hardcover, paper, and audio. Your review, of course, would be much appreciated. “Imagine a far gentler Jaws for the middle-grade set and you’ll have a sense of this good-natured debut. In a Mississippi community rife with catfish farms, local legend holds it that the Yazoo River contains a creature called Ol’ One Eye—a two-hundred-pound albino catfish with whiskers as long as your arm. When 12-year-old Sawyer’s mother takes ill following the wartime death of her husband, Sawyer desperately clings to what one local resident calls “Catfish Time,” those moments during fishing when “miracles can happen.” So with his sister, cousin, and friend in tow, Sawyer strikes off to find Ol’ One Eye and the pile of treasure it supposedly guards in its nest—including, Sawyer hopes, his mother’s missing wedding ring, which may hold the key to her health. With its amiable yesteryear setting, magical realism, and tall-tale elements, this has the feel of an oft-told folktale that has been sitting around for years waiting for readers to find it. Exciting in parts, but primarily this is a poignant tale of holding on to hope.” --Booklist Four kids in rural Mississippi set out to catch an enormous, legendary catfish that gives them the chase of their lives in what can only be called “one heck of a fish tale.” Since their father died in Vietnam, 12-year-old Sawyer and 9-year-old Elvira help their mother, Rose, run the family’s catfish farm. After a catfish bites Rose’s finger and swallows her wedding ring, she becomes ill. When Sawyer hears about Ol’ One Eye, the “biggest, oldest, smartest, and meanest durn cat that ever swum the Yazoo,” he falls under the mythic “Catfish Time” and believes if he catches Ol’ One Eye, he will find Rose’s missing ring and she will improve. Armed with a map, poles, tackle, a rowboat, bologna sandwiches and spunk, Sawyer, his best friend, his cousin and stowaway Elvira paddle up the Yazoo seeking the phantom catfish. Told in an easygoing, colloquial style, the fast-paced plot carries readers and the four unsuspecting pals along at a rapid clip as they chase and are chased by a humongous, predatory catfish that leads them through a deserted plantation and into a submerged riverboat. Realistic black-and-white spot art reinforces the fishing theme. Four feisty kids, one wily fish, creepy bayou atmosphere, and a whopper of a tale. --Kirkus Reviews
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