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The Water Babies
The Water Babies
Nov 16, 2024 7:44 AM

Author:Charles Kingsley

The Water Babies

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.

Reviews

Compelling reading . . . Sensitively depicted

—— Guardian

Atmospheric and intriguing . . . The quality of the writing never flags

—— Daily Telegraph

This novel braids the fantastic and the everyday together into a very skilful and readable story, full of real emotions and fairytale echoes

—— Carousel

A finely choreographed novel of displacement, death and friendship

—— Oxford Times
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