Title:
The young man and the sea
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
Reading Grade level:
4.
Age Interest level:
009-012.
Grade Interest level:
5-8
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 5.0 77134
Accelerated Reader
Reading Counts 4.8 13
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780439368308
Publisher:
New York : Scholastic Inc, 2005, c2004.
