The young man and the sea

By W. R. Philbrick

Subjects: Fathers and sons, Grief, Family life, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fishing, Fiction, Children's fiction, Fishing, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Grief, fiction, Fishing stories

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.