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Catfish Rolling

By: Clara Kumagai
Narrated by: Susan Momoko-Hingley
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Publisher's summary

A debut young adult coming-of-age book with magic realism elements, Catfish Rolling is perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli films and Laura Ruby's Bone Gap.

There's a catfish under Japan, and when it rolls, the land rises and falls. At least, that's what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself. Sora and her father are some of the few who still live near the most powerful of these "zones"—the places where time has been irrevocably sped up, or slowed down.

When high school ends, and her best friend leaves for university, Sora finds herself stuck and increasingly alone. She begins secretly conducting her own research, tracking down a time expert in Tokyo. She also feels increasingly conflicted in her quasi-romantic feelings for her best friend—and for the time expert's assistant, a striking and confident girl named Maya, another hafu (half-Japanese, half-non) girl with whom Sora forms an instant bond.

But when Sora's father disappears, she has no choice but to return home and venture deep into the abandoned time zones to find him, and perhaps the catfish itself . . .

©2023 Clara Kumagai (P)2023 Penguin Teen Canada

Critic reviews

"Excellent, evocative, and thoughtful, with genuine depth."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Clara Kumagai's world-building is rich and expansive, situating magic and folklore solidly in the real-life sorrows and joys of coming of age in our fragile time. A fresh, new, welcome voice in young adult speculative literature."—Sarah Ellis, Governor General's Award-winning author

"A wonderfully written and utterly absorbing saga. Sora's heartbreaking quest is seamlessly interwoven with Japanese culture and profound observations about time."—Kit Pearson, award-winning author of The Sky is Falling and Awake and Dreaming

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