The reluctant deckhand
By: Jan Padgett ; illustrated by Amanda Forbis
Contributors: Forbis, Amanda
Publisher: Pacific Educational Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781895766011
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Juvenile fiction; Fishing boats; Fiction
Description: Old enough to work on her mother's fish boat, Tess becomes a skillful crew member and learns how to take responsibility for herself on their journey up the British Columbia coastline.
Notes: "A joint project with the National Film Board of Canada, which has produced an animated film version of the story"--P. [4] of cover.