Peg and the Whale

by Kenneth Oppel

Book Overview

"Peg was born upon the bright blue sea." A big, strapping lass, she isn't one to do things in half measures. Anything she turns her hand to, she's good at. But she wants more than that. She wants "big," she wants "better," she wants "best." She wants to be the world's best fisherman.... Now that Peg's pushing seven, she figures it's high time she caught herself a whale. So she packs up her fishing rod and signs on with the whaling ship "Viper." Peg...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689824238
• ISBN13: 9780689824234
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Energetic and fun

This engaging, infectious tall tale is lots of fun. It's a rollicking story about a girl who sets out to be the world's best fisherman and catch a whale. Undeterred by the fact that it's a mammal, she hooks one with her fishing rod, and ends up taken for a ride. She makes herself at home in the whale's belly, keeps warm in the Arctic by singing sea shanties, and eventually steers the whale home. The tale's outrageous tone never falters and Peg is so brash and insistent that she's believable, despite the outlandishness of her story.