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Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 7
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Calvin flies from Oahu to the big island of Hawaii to go on a deep-sea fishing trip with Ledward, his mother's boyfriend, and learns to appreciate other living creatures-- especially one enormous marlin.
Author
Series
Gone fishing volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When a burglar breaks into the Nickersons' home and steals Ned's digital camera one day and then steals his laptop a few days later, Ned is upset since he cannot replace the photographs of his fishing trip with his father, while Nancy is determined to find the thief.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Tim's beloved grandfather develops Alzheimer's Disease, Tim tries to restore and save him by taking him out for a fishing adventure at the pond, but the outing turns into a disaster.
A leaden, purposeful tale of a child encountering the reality of Alzheimer's. Tim has ferociously denied that anything is wrong with his beloved grandfather, but he quickly learns otherwise on a clandestine fishing trip. Although his grandfather...
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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 hugh bluefin tuna.
Author
Publisher
Down East Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Troy Hull has troubles. After the death of his parents, he left college to take up his family's traditional lobster-fishing life. Now, thanks to poor fishing, a misguided second mortgage, and the changing nature of his hometown, Troy finds himself faced with the loss of that life. As a former highschool classmate turned banker tells him: "This isn't a fisherman's town anymore." Indeed, soaring property values have made it increasingly a haven for...
16) Dead Rapunzel
Author
Series
Loon Lake fishing mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It's the dead of winter in Loon Lake when a wealthy widow is run down and killed by a logging truck on an icy street. The truck driver insists he saw a man shove the woman into the path of his truck. A lone witness who may have seen the man who shoved the victim is soon found dead--drowned in icy waters where he was ice fishing. Within hours, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris finds herself dealing with malicious family members related to the dead woman,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Fly fisherman and private detective Sean Stranahan tackles two assignments, including the theft of a valuable fly and the murders of two men who have been found on Sphinx Mountain, cases with possible ties to powerful adversaries.
18) The secret river
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the stillness of a summer dawn, two siblings leave their campsite with fishing rods, tackle and bait, and push a red canoe into the lake. A perfect morning on the water unfolds, with thrilling glimpses of wildlife along the way."--
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