by Morris Gleitzman · Macmillan Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330345224
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«Belly Flop» is the children's novel by Morris Gleitzman, published by Macmillan Children's Books in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Mitch, an eleven-year-old Australian boy, wants to win back his friends and earn the respect of the townspeople who treat him with hostility. His plan is to become world champion at diving, but a drought prevents him from practicing: there isn't enough water for hundreds of miles. When the rain finally comes, it doesn't stop falling.
Winner of the 1996 COOL Awards in the fiction section for young readers. This edition was published on June 6, 1997.
Recommended for young readers ages 8 and up, both for its child protagonist and its Australian setting.
Morris Gleitzman is an Australian author of children's and young adult fiction. He has gained recognition for sparking an interest in AIDS in his novel Two Weeks with the Queen (1990).
