The young man and the sea

Title
The young man and the sea

Personal Author EPSB
W. R. Philbrick

Summary
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.

Year Published
2004-2005

Physical Description
192 p. ; 20 cm.

Contents
Lobster boy -- Swampers -- By the barrel raised -- Rotten to the keel -- Attack of the vampire mud worms -- Finest kind -- Ringing of the hammer -- What the grease monkey said -- Money by the pound -- Lobster in the parlor -- Trap wars -- Rich boy in the dark of night -- When you wake up -- By hook and by crook -- Where the big fish live -- Blushing bandit -- Three rules for Skiff Beaman -- What happened to the stars -- If mist made the world -- Take my breath away -- When the whoosh comes by -- Keg rider -- Nantucket sleigh ride -- Angel in the mist -- Tail on the door.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 5.0 77134
 
Accelerated Reader
 
Reading Counts 4.8 13

Subject
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
 
Grief -- Fiction.
 
Fishing -- Fiction.
 
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and Sons---Fiction
 
Lobster Trapping---Fiction
 
Fishing---Fiction
 
Bluefin Tuna---Fiction

Geographic Term
Maine -- Fiction.

Summary
After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.

ISBN
9780439368308

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Inc, 2005, c2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
AbbottF PHIBook30100000046906Fiction