Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Jim Bartley is The Globe and Mail's first-fiction reviewer. Shop amongst our popular books, including 4, Amphibien, Amphibian and more from carla gunn. AmphibianCarla Gunn, Accounting For RapeKathy Doherty, A Quick Guide To Supplier Relationship Management In The Supply ChainMr Stuart Emmett. Amphibian is written by Carla Gunn and published by Coach House Books. Carla Gunn's sense of the absurd - drawn always from the grim facts - is the sort that trumps despair with healing mirth. Phin Walsh, the nine-year-old narrator of Carla Gunn’s debut novel, is the kind of kid who could only be described as sensitive. The rest, moving through shadows to light, really must be discovered.

That will take you a bit more than halfway into the book. He and classmate Bird cook up an elaborate plan to spring the frog from his glass prison and ship him to an Australian frog welfare society they discovered online. If he sees a plastic bag blowing down the street, he retrieves it, 'because it could blow out to the ocean and a sea turtle or an albatross could choke on it.'Ĭuddles becomes Phin's corrective project. Plubber was originally published in Amphibian. His cynical view of humankind is balanced by a pure and purposeful heart. After this story I drew a picture of the Gorach scientists weighing the souls of the other animals of Reull. His behaviour would drive any parent to distraction, yet his stance is generally unassailable. The fierce ethical battles with his mom, usually ending in mutual apoplexy, are downright scary sometimes. Phin is equally discerning and innocent, enraged and brimming with love.

To learn more about how to request items watch this short online video. I confess this kid grabbed me from the top and held me in tender thrall. Amphibian : a novel / by Carla Gunn Get this Comments (0) Librarians View Copyright Status Online In the Library Order a copy Request this item to view in the Librarys reading rooms using your library card. Carla Gunn has fashioned (more likely been possessed by) an irresistible voice.

Amphibian by Carla Gunn