Tattoos, Barracuda Teeth, & a Lady Who Talked to Worms

by Tom Dunham

Ten-year-old Dan spends three days all but alone, a greenhorn from the moment he leaves a dark path for the blinding sunlit waters of a lake, a bag of fresh bought fishing gear in hand. “Okay, I’ll be back,” his grandfather tells him. “’bout two hours.” What follows is a story for all ages—a book best categorized: Fiction, Fishing, Family. Author, Matt Yurdana, writes: “What impresses me the most about Tattoos is the voice, the way the story unfolds easily in the boy’s language and perspective so that I was immediately in his world, his situation. For me, Tattoos is about the love and awe of a new and immediate passion–that everyone, as a kid, has experienced. And it does this in such an understated and quiet way, taking its time with the boy’s learning, his mistakes and small triumphs. I think the heart of the book is the lake, and I think that’s exactly right; it’s where he’s challenging his fears, ‘bonding’ with various strangers, problem solving, seeing the world and his own abilities in a very new light.”

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