Eoin Colfer’s heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship and the bond between a girl and her grandfather – now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers.

Little Lucja’s Grandpa Feliks has seen off the German army, and the Communists, and now he is looking forward to a long and peaceful retirement. He plans to begin with a tasty Christmas Eve dinner of carp. But when the carp arrives alive and takes up residence in the bathtub and Lucja’s heart, has Grandpa Feliks finally met his match?