num_pages: 224
description: Sonny Mendoza and his cousin grow up in a Hawaiian fishing village. It is a world of beauty, family, love, and of danger and tragedy. Mendoza men must be brave, but Sonny's courage is different. He can't love and trust the water as the other men in his family do.
language: English
title: Blue Skin of the Sea
titlecomplete: Blue Skin of the Sea
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 295
places: Hawaii
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education)
publisher: Yearling