Title: Lucy the giant
Description: Fifteen-year-old Lucy, the largest girl in her school, leaves her small Alaska town and her alcoholic father and discovers hardship--and friendship--posing as an adult aboard a commercial fishing boat.
Subjects: Coming of age, Family problems, Fishing boats, Fiction, Runaways, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Large type books, Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction, Bildungsromans, Runaway children, Fishing stories
Places: Alaska