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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Manuel and the lobsterman Manuel and the lobsterman Cat Urbain Manuel, a Puerto Rican thirteen-year-old from New Haven, Connecticut, goes to Maine with his mother and new stepfather for the summer, where he learns to work on a lobster boat and to get along with … OL11891685W
Vanishing species Vanishing species Susan R Playfair "Vanishing Species chronicles the fate of groundfishing in New England waters since the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) was enacted in 1996, causing increasingly strict regulations to be placed on th… OL12037708W
The summer I dared The summer I dared Barbara Delinsky On Big Sawyer island, life is as steady as the routine of the lobstermen who leave with the tide each morning and return with their haul each night. But for forty-year-old New Yorker Julia Bechtel, l… OL166396W
The summer I dared The summer I dared Barbara Delinsky The only survivors of a devastating boating accident off the coast of Maine, Julia, Noah, and Kim struggle with their brush with death, their feelings of guilt, and their changed perspectives on thei… OL17739711W
Going lobstering Going lobstering Jerry Pallotta Linda and Erik are invited to join Big Joe, the lobsterman, for a day of lobstering. OL1955388W
The summer wives The summer wives Beatriz Williams Twenty years after being banished from Winthrop Island, Miranda Schuyler returns to find justice for the man she once loved. Summer, 1951. Miranda Schuyler's mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer… OL19749471W
Lobstering with my papa Lobstering with my papa Billie Hancock During his summer break on Martha's Vineyard, a boy takes on his grandfather's values while learning the business of lobstering: siting buoys; hauling pots; measuring, banding, and storing lobsters. OL24283100W
The Crew The Crew Earl LeClaire "We were quite a crew. I thought I was tough and getting tougher all the time but the guys I hung around with, Bad Bob Royster, Pike, Hank-The-Man, Manny and Bundog made me look like an altar boy. Pr… OL26172265W
The Wooden Nickel The Wooden Nickel William Carpenter "Lucky Lunt is an endangered species: a third-generation lobsterman who works the same waters as his father and grandfather, and pilots one of the few remaining wooden boats in the fleet. He knows ev… OL3463621W
Sea gift Sea gift John Ashby While working on the lobster boats in his Nova Scotia town, thirteen-year-old Lauchie hauls up an old crock which hides a letter that sends him on a quest for treasure that was hidden long ago. OL6026854W
Jason, the lobsterman Jason, the lobsterman Nancy Woollcott Smith A young boy who is still a little unsure of himself describes his pleasant and unpleasant experiences aboard his father's lobster boat. OL6813368W
The lobster war The lobster war Ethan Howland Although he fears being in the water, sixteen-year-old Dain is determined to be a professional lobsterman, despite pressure from his older brother and widowed mother that he attend college instead, a… OL7797510W