01145    a2200133   4500001000700000020001800007040003200025100001300057245003000070362000900100520086300109650002700972650001200999122588  a9780345464019  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aTan, Amy10aSaving fish from drowning0 a2006  aSan Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.

With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of The Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature–the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found. (Grade Level: Highschool) 4aYoung Adult Literature 4aCulture