TY  - BOOK
AU  - Philbrick,Rodman
TI  - Young Man and the Sea
SN  - 0-439-85630-2
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Grief
KW  - fiction
KW  - Fishing
N1  - 2007 Nominee for the Massachusetts Children's Book Award
N2  - Trying to overcome the sadness of his mother's death and his father's melancholy and inattention, Skiff Beaman sets out to sea in a small wooden boat to catch a giant fish with a harpoon made by his Dad, hoping to earn enough money to repair the family boat. Landing a giant tuna in open water, Skiff, like Hemingway's Old Man, fights the forces of nature and must find the strength to catch the record-breaking fish
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