num_pages: 161
description: Everyone has always hunted the strange and beautiful lampfish, whose bones make fishhooks and whose meat feeds an entire village. Eric's obsessive attempts to net a lampfish single-handed are thwarted by the mysterious, half-mad Ezekiel Cantrip, the only known survivor of a descent into a whirlpool. Zeke draws Eric into another world, one made actual in the context of the fantasy.Eric is forever changed by his encounter with an ambiguous, charismatic man who may be a "wily trickster" or a "wise traveler and friend." After spending alot of time with the old fisherman, he now knows a secret that had been long forgotten, he secret of the lampfish. They come and go between two worlds, a splendid unique fantasy, a thoughtful exploration of the cycle of life.
language: English
title: The Lampfish of Twill
titlecomplete: The Lampfish of Twill
genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction
ratings_count: 83
publisher: Apple