Blueback by Winton, Tim 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)


Publication Date: 03/01/2009

BTSB #: P00925 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres:

Subjects: Fishers - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: Abel Jackson loves to dive. He's a natural in the water. He can't remember a time when he couldn't use a mask and snorkel to glide down into the clear deep. Life is tough out at Longboat Bay. Every day the boy helps his mother earn their living from the sea and the land. It's hard work but Abel has the bush and the sky and the bay to himself. Until the day he meets Blueback, the fish that changes his life.

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Godfather Death by Nicholls, Sally 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2024)


Publication Date: 08/13/2024

BTSB #: 675621 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 5-9   
AR: 3.2 LG F&P: U

Genres: Fairy Tales

Subjects: Greed - Fiction Fishers - Fiction Death - Fiction Fairy tales - Germany - Fiction

Summary: When a poor fisherman chooses Death to be godfather to his son, he's certain he's made a good choice-for surely there's no man more honest than Death? At the christening, Death gives the fisherman a gift that seems at first to be the key to the family's fortune, but when greed overcomes the fisherman, he learns that nobody can truly cheat Death.

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Pearl by Steinbeck, John 

Paperback(Putnam, 1992)

BTSB #: 847128 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-18   
AR: 7.1 UG Lexile: 1010 F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Fishers - Fiction Pearls - Fiction Lost and found possessions - Fiction

Summary: A fisherman finds the great pearl, only to lose it again.

South by Duncan, Daniel 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017)


Publication Date: 05/02/2017

BTSB #: 295226 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-7   
AR: 2 LG

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Friendship - Fiction Fishers - Fiction Birds - Fiction Human-animal relationship - Fiction Wildlife rescue - Fiction Sea stories

Summary: When a lonely fisherman finds an injured bird on his boat, he nurtures it back to health, and--since the bird can no longer migrate with its family--charts a course heading south for the winter. Together, the two form a special friendship and enjoy life at sea until both the healing process and the journey come to an end.

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