The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

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 naïve, 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 *