Ned Finn narrates how his six-year-old brother, Billy, can turn into a cod and then, back into a boy when he eats packs of their father’s new “Super-Strong Fish Chips.” This farcical fish tale includes Ned’s droll com ments about his parents and sister, Billy’s narrow escapes while in cod form, and Ned’s own ups and downs in the important school quiz competition. Ned also tells how he and his family foil the plots of “Donna Mezzweme” (“an industrial spy”) to steal the fish food formula and whose exaggerated disguise as manager of the local aquarium resembles a nightmarish Hol lywood starlet . hc

Originally published as Fish by Bloomsbury Great Britain, in 2006.

Ned Finn is a boy who knows what he wants. He wants an entertainment system for his room. He wants a break from his boy-crazy sister, Stacey, and for his little brother Billy to leave him alone. Heck, he just wants a normal set of parents.

But when Billy eats some of their father's experimental fish food and turns into a cod, Ned just wants to turn him back. Not only are Bill's new gills drawing the attention of the local school bully, they also attract the interest of Madge Sprod, an international spy with an evil plan.

When a slippery showdown at the local aquarium pits Ned and Billy against both their enemies and a killer whale, will Ned be able to save the day before his little brother becomes fish food?