Author:Charles Kingsley
When Tom, an ill-treated little chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself something magical happens; he is turned into a tiny water baby by the fairies. He enters a strange, magical underwater world, and travels beyond the world's end to the other end-of-nowhere, getting into all sorts of scrapes and encountering creatures beautiful and frightening along the way. He also learns many important lessons - it is a voyage of discovery that Tom will never forget.
Compelling reading . . . Sensitively depicted
—— GuardianAtmospheric and intriguing . . . The quality of the writing never flags
—— Daily TelegraphThis novel braids the fantastic and the everyday together into a very skilful and readable story, full of real emotions and fairytale echoes
—— CarouselA finely choreographed novel of displacement, death and friendship
—— Oxford Times