The young man and the sea
By: Rodman Philbrick.
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Fathers and sons -- Fiction.; Grief -- Fiction.; Fishing -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.