The young man and the sea

Title:

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:

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

Subject:

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Grief -- Fiction.