Angelfish

by Laurence Yep

Book Overview

"Bunheads can't do anything right," Mr. Tsow told Robin.After accidentally breaking the front window of a pet fish store, Robin commits to working off the cost of the window after ballet class-even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399230416
• ISBN13: 9780399230417
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

The Characters are Growing

This is the third in the Ribbons series (...Well from Robin's point of view, anyway). You do not have to read any of the other books to understand and enjoy this story. Other reviews do a great job explaining what the book is about. Just know this, if you read the other "Ribbons" books, you will enjoy this book. Robin and her Grandmother are wonderful characters and they just keep growing. Read this book.

Angelfish By Tap Water

Want a great fish story without getting wet? Then you should try diving into Angelfish. Angelfish is a great story! If you're a dancer, part of the Chinese race, or if you just want a great book to read, Angelfish is the book for you! I definitely recommend this book! Angelfish teaches a good moral to young readers. Robin, the main character, faces hard comebacks from "The Dragon Palace"'s owner, Mr. Tsow. But Robin knows that Mr. Tsow can't hate everything. Robin tries to find the real person Mr. Tsow is. Robin, after being bantered by Thomas, says, "Though I was still proud of being a dancer, I didn't want to give Mr. Tsow any ammunition for his usual insults." I recommend this book because it gives you an idea how people were hurt in the past and an idea how people may make racial comments about you. My favorite part of Angelfish is when Mr. Tsow is with the angelfish. He seems so gentle and careful. Angelfish is a great book. Angelfish is a great story. Angelfish has characters that had feelings in the past but have been taken away from them. It shows a lot to young children/preteens. I definitely recommend this book! Read Angelfish now! It has a great plot, great climax; great everything! Angelfish is the book for you!

A Great Book By Tats

I read Angelfish for an English book project. I LOVED THE BOOK! I thought that the book would be stupid, because we had to do something about different race writers. I chose Angelfish because I judge books by their covers. I never knew that I would fall in love with a book I thought I would hate. BUY IT!!!

A sensitive, revealing multicultural story

Laurence Yep's Angelfish is one of his best ever: a young Asian-American girl breaks an old man's window and finds herself working for a grumpy, disillusioned loner to pay her debt. Her involvement with ballet interests him and she discovers some real surprises underneath his protective mask of ill humor. A sensitive, revealing multicultural story with many facets.

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I found this book to be very interesting. The girl, Robin, plugs together the story of a ballet, w/ her interaction w/ a famous chinese ballet dancer, Mr. Cao, from the Cultural Revolution. He blocks out anything that relates to dance or music because of his past, therefor he comes off to be cold-hearted, when inside he is very kind. I thought it was a very good book.