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Embryon
Since: Mar, 2010
2nd Feb, 2011 10:14:45 PM
I googled novel +refugee +fish +parents. Ta-dah!
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
flyingferret
Since: Sep, 2010
3rd Feb, 2011 10:28:19 AM
Thank you! That was the one! I wanted to get it from the library, but I couldn't remember the title or the author name- and now I have them! Thanks!
Embryon
Since: Mar, 2010
3rd Feb, 2011 08:52:18 PM
It sounds like an interesting book...
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
A book about a child, possibly of the nickname Tiger, who is leaving a war zone, and brings a fish from home. We are never told the child's name, or even gender I think, but through miles of hiking up and down mountains and getting caught in mud and avoiding land-mines with Father, Mother, and the guide, the fish (which may or may not have consistent size) comes to a refugee camp, with Father, Mother, and (?) Tiger, first in a pot, then a bottle, then the child's mouth.