Rainfish

Andrew Paterson

Rainfish
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Text Publishing Co
Country
Australia
Published
2 July 2021
Pages
272
ISBN
9781922330963

Rainfish

Andrew Paterson

‘You don’t kill them rainfish 'cause they’ll bring trouble. Rainstorms and floods and bad things.’

Aaron lives with his mum and older brother in a small town on the edge of a rainforest in tropical Far North Queensland. He’s sick of being the little brother, left out of all the interesting stuff the older kids get up to.

So when he meets Damon he’s keen to impress him. It’s all going well, until Damon suggests they break into the church. Aaron’s nervous and uncomfortable. But he can’t back out now - he’s only just beginning to be accepted.

When the theft is reported in the local newspaper and the police knock on the door, Aaron finds himself hiding the truth in a tangle of lies. And before long his deep sense of guilt and fear of being found out overwhelm him.

And then, when he discovers that the mudcod in the old bath in the backyard - the fish he’d caught in the river in the rainforest - are the rainfish of local legend, he becomes convinced that he is responsible for the terrible rainstorms and floods that devastate the town.

Rainfish is a delightful middle-grade novel exploring childhood innocence-a warm and humorous portrayal of a young boy trying to undo an impulsive mistake.

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