num_pages: 200
description: When John Rodgers discovers a new species of butterfly, the government shuts down his town's primary employer, its lumber mill, and John must decide between his town and his disappointed dying father and the splendid, rare creature called Rodgers California Blue.
language: English
title: California Blue
titlecomplete: California Blue
genres: Fiction, High School, Contemporary, Middle Grade, School, Novels, Family, Young Adult, Animals, Environment
ratings_count: 430
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult
publisher: Scholastic