The Fourteenth Goldfish

The Fourteenth Goldfish

By Jennifer L. Holm

Plot 

The fourteenth Goldfish is a story about coping with change and growing older. 11 year old Ellie’s best friend has found her passion: Volleyball. She doesn’t spend much time with Ellie since she dedicates all her time to volleyball practices and tournaments. Now Ellie thinks her grandfather has come back to visit her.

Characters 

Ellie’s mom is a person that is obsessed with drama, and she’s trying to persuade her daughter to get involved with drama.

Ellie is the main character of the story, she always believes what she wants to believe, and sometimes she comes off as a very stubborn person.

Ellie’s grandfather is a scientist that is about 60 years old but he doesn’t look like he’s 60 at all. He was obsessed with immortality, so he did a lot of experiments in his lab related to immortality. A lawsuit put him in his daughter (Ellie’s mom)’s care.

Settings 

The story was set in the Bay Area, in the shadow of San Francisco. (this is where the character’s homes are located)

Your opinion 

I didn’t really have a favorite part in this story because I found it quite repetitive. But on the good side, the characters and their dialogue are very interesting to read. I would recommend this book to people who don’t really mind about the author repeating things over and over again, and people who enjoy reading about characters and their dialogue.