num_pages: 40
description: Obadiah, a young Quaker boy living in colonial Nantucket, is constantly followed by a sea gull that he wishes would leave him alone. When it does leave, he wants it back.
language: English
title: Thy Friend, Obadiah
titlecomplete: Thy Friend, Obadiah (Picture Puffins)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Animals, 2nd Grade, Picture Books, Juvenile, Kids, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 809
places: Nantucket, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Picture Book
publisher: Puffin Books