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The young man and the sea / Rodman 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0439368308
  • ISBN: 9780439368308
  • Physical Description: 192 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., 2005.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
009-012.
800L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 5 77134.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 5 77134.
Subject:
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Grief > Juvenile fiction.
Fishing stories.
Maine > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield J Philbrick (Text) 38950610963912 Juvenile Fiction Available -