The Fourteenth Goldfish

By: Jennifer L. Holm

Narrated by: Georgette Perna

Believe in the possible...with this "warm, witty, and wise" New York Times best-selling novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm. A perfect listen about a child's relationship with her grandfather!

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world...but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough...he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores fascinating questions about life and death, family and friendship, immortality...and possibility.

And don’t miss the much-anticipated sequel, The Third Mushroom!

©2014 Jennifer Holm (P)2014 Listening Library

Critic reviews

Sunshine State award finalist!

"Warm, witty and wise" (The New York Times)

"Awesomely strange and startlingly true-to-life. It makes you wonder what's possible." (Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me)

Awesome

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Good family story!

Great for a long car ride and the narrator was excellent - very enjoyable and a good family story. Listen to it

Excellent story with lots of twists

A well told tale that combines non-fiction information with fiction. Very entertaining! A good introduction for middle school science

Great read aloud for 4th grade.

The story is entertaining. I like the focus on science and the clever introduction of various scientists and their accomplishments.

Beautiful story, I recommend greatly.

This book is great and makes you think differently and look st the world better.

probably a better read than a listen

The story was very creative. The moral reminded me of Tuck Everlasting. The narrator's voice too babyish for main character, to Valley-girl for the babysitter (thankfully, she was not in the story much). The other voices were great, though. I loved the way the writer incorporated science history and the dilemmas faced with different discoveries.

Good Middle School pick

Listened to this over the course of two road trips with my 13, 11 and 5 year old. They enjoyed it and it made us laugh - and think.

A really good book!!

The narrative was awesome, I truly enjoyed the style of this book. I'd like to re- read it again.

What a wonderful story

This book my 11 year old daughter and I listened to it together. It brought out in-depth conversations about the ethical aspects of science. It is funny and interesting.

Great book!

My daughter and I listened to the book in the car. We had many driveway moments not wanting to stop listening. Love all books by Jennifer holm...she is my daughters favorite author!