num_pages: 208
description: Teenager John Rodgers and his dying father find themselves on opposite sides of an environmental battlefield. At issue is a new species of blue butterflies that John discovers on a jog through land owned by the lumber mill that employs his father and most of his town. An ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
language: English
title: California Blue
titlecomplete: California Blue
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, School, Novels, Animals, High School, Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Environment
ratings_count: 430
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks