A life-affirming voyage of self discovery - with a fabulously fishy twist - from master storyteller David Almond. * The Bookseller *

A homely but equally zany tale * The Telegraph *

Funny and unusal with wonderful characters * The Bookseller *

A beautiful story * Reader's Digest *

Out of the ordinary comes the extraordinary, and visuals and text merge together to tell a truly magnificent fishy tale. * INIS Magazine *

Often funny, occasionally poignant, but always subtle and never naive, this is a terrific read. * INIS Magazine *

There's no mistaking the hallmark Almond tenderness and the willingness to work with the common things in life, which animate the book from start to finish and make it good * Guardian *

Atmospheric, poetic, beautiful * Irish Times *

Fun, magical and enchanting. . . will appeal to readers of Roald Dahl * My Book Corner *

Dahl-esque adventure. I thought I knew David Almond through his book Skellig. But this is more like the best work of Roald Dahl than standard teen fiction . . . Oliver Jeffers' illustrations work as a brilliant accompaniment to this funny book * The Teacher *

Its message hits home: give a child belief in himself and there's no limit to what he can achieve * The Daily Mail *