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content for mudskipper book

Answer 1

Ten-year-old Lizhi arrives in Singapore to meet her father's family after he dies in an accident. Aunt Mona, his sister is rude and strange and does little to make her feel at home. Lizhi struggles to make sense of this new place in which her only friend is the young Indonesian maid, Bwe Bwe. Then one day she discovers a beautifully carved mudskipper in a house that is full of forgotten objects, neglected furniture and locked rooms. What other secrets will Lizhi uncover? And who is the mysterious person she sees in the garden?

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Answer 2

The Mudskipper—award-winning playwright and writer Ovidia Yu’s first book for children.

It’s the story of Lizhi, a ten-year-old girl of mixed heritage, who arrives at her father’s home in Singapore after his death to meet his family. Lizhi realises soon enough to her dismay that she’s an unwelcome guest there. Her frosty Aunt Mona makes no secret of the fact that she considers her niece nothing but a nuisance.

Lizhi’s only friends are Bwe Bwe, the young Indonesian maid and the mysterious old man in the garden with whom she feels a strange sense of kinship. One day while exploring the house, Lizhi finds a beautiful stone carving of a mudskipper, a fish-like creature she identifies with. Little does she know that there are many more secrets to be discovered in her father’s old home.

Ovidia Yu takes the reader through little-known nooks and corners of Singapore with her wonderfully vivid descriptions while telling a gentle, heartwarming story.

The Mudskipper was the second runner-up for the Scholastic Asian Book Award, 2011.