Water, Water by author Cary Fagan is a very unique book, indeed! Rafe, a young boy and the main character of the story, wakes up one morning in his bedroom, which happens to have separated from his house and is floating in what appears to be a vast ocean. He has his dog, Buddy, with him, but no one else seems to be around. There is no reason given for why his room has detached from the house, why the world has suddenly turned to water, where all the other people and creatures of the planet have gone, or what he should do next...which is, I think, the beauty of this short book! Rafe manages to keep floating on his room, but different problems present themselves along the way (where should he and Buddy pee?), and together try to figure things out as best they can. Other objects come and go into the story, and eventually other people do, too.
This book is quite unlike any I have read before, and this dog has read a lot of books! I kept expecting the entire room-floating-on-an-ocean-of-water thing to become this wonderful metaphor, and maybe it's supposed to be, but if so, I still haven't gotten it. But that was part of the fun of this story as well! Not knowing what the overall purpose of the story was...when all the time I was waiting to discover the point of the story, I was drawn into Rafe's life and situation. And then, just as it had started, it was finished!
This is a short story and you could probably read it in one day, possibly even one sitting. Expect to be surprised, but don't expect the usual story lines that other books follow. Just read, and enjoy (the story and the cool artwork, which adds to the overall effect)! Overall I was surprised that it didn't go where I thought it might, but then I realized that made it better! 4 paws!
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