Blue

__Blue__ by James DeVita Fantasy Nominated by Kate Waisel

Morgan is a boy who is turning into a blue marlin. Morgan is fascinated by blue marlins and wants to stay as one. But, the hospital has other ideas. Of course, when Morgan’s mom saw the scales on Morgan’s legs she took him to the hospital, so that’s where he is now. The hospital and pretty much everyone else wants Morgan to be de-marlined, but Morgan doesn’t want that. So, the night before the hospital is going to cut off his fin, mysterious people take Morgan from the hospital. These mysterious people are former marlins who didn’t believe enough so they didn’t get the full transformation from a human to a marlin. These former marlins take Morgan to the bay. It is helpful to Morgan’s transformation to stay and live in the bay right now. Morgan and the former marlins communicate by sending messages through their minds. But, after a misspoken word to the doctors (Morgan’s parents are to blame), the doctors find out where Morgan is. So, Morgan has to make a quick getaway to the ocean, even though he is not ready for ocean life yet. Through his getaway Morgan encounters a motor boat, the U.S. coast guard, and a hard trip through the tide. The first reason I chose to nominate this book is that this book keeps you reading. You always want to know how the next part goes in this great book. From the first sentence I was hooked. Every word I read in this book I felt as if I was swirling in the ocean along with Morgan the Marlin. The second reason I am nominating this book is that I enjoyed seeing how Morgan handled each situation he had through his transformation. When the former marlins took Morgan from the hospital he thought about what was happening, panicked a little, but soon adjusted to what was going on. And when he needed to make his escape, he just swam on out there and kept on going. A third reason I nominated Blue is that in Blue the author made you feel as if Morgan was really changing into a marlin, like this could actually happen in real life. He made the details of how Morgan changed descriptive and real. Even though I knew this book was fantasy I still believed this could actually happen. I have no clue how James DeVita did this, only that it was really amazing. And that was __Blue__, the most fantastic book in the world. I hope these reasons for nominating Blue have sparked some ideas for your own stories.