num_pages: 96
description: A prize-winning author offers an ecologically sensitive story about a boy named Abel, who grows up loving the sea and develops an enduring relationship with a large grouper that inspires him to save his homestead. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Blueback
titlecomplete: Blueback
genres: Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Classics, Australia, Nature, Fiction, Contemporary, Environment
ratings_count: 3516
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Scribner