Big Al by Andrew Clements (1997, Paperback, Reprint)

Key Details
Author:	Andrew Clements
Language:	English
Publisher:	Atheneum
Series:	Big Al
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0689817223
ISBN-13:	9780689817229

Additional Details
Illustrator:	Yoshi
Edition Description:	Reprint

Size
Thickness:	0.2 in
Weight:	4.8 oz

Publisher's Note
A big, ugly fish has trouble making the friends he longs for because of his appearance--until the day his scary appearance saves them all from a fisherman's net.

In a tale that emphasizes the importance of character rather than appearance, Big Al, a nobby, gnarly fish, has trouble getting other fish to judge him on his merits but finds a way to show his true colors

Poor Big Al! He just wants to make friends. And in the whole wide blue sea you can't find a nicer fish. But because Big Al is large and scary-looking, the little fish are afraid to get to know him.

What can he do? He tries everything he can think of -- from disguising himself with seaweed to burrowing under the ocean floor so he'll look smaller. But something always goes wrong, and lonely Big Al wonders if he'll ever have a single friend. Then one frightening day, when a fishing net captures the other fish, Big Al gets the chance to prove what a wonderful friend he can be!