Hello how may I help you? I'm trying to remember a book I read and was hoping you could help. I can help with that. What is the book about? It was about whale hunting. You must be thinking about Moby Dick. No, but that's everyones response. Can I help you with anything else? Figuring out the name of this book. As stated previously, I can only think of Moby Dick. In this book there is a boy and girl and an old man helps them build a raft that they take out into the ocean. Again, I can only think of Moby Dick.