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Lord of the Deep

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Fishing. This is it, the big time. Mikey’s 13, a deckhand working on a charter boat in Hawaii. Working for the best skipper anywhere, his stepdad, Bill. Before Bill came along, it was once just Mikey and his mom. Now they’re a real family, and Mikey has a little brother. He can’t consider how lucky he is. And now he’s learning from the best, although he’s only 13. Because Bill believes in him. And Mikey may not let him down. He loves fishing and being out on the boat. But some seas, some fish, and some charter clients are a lot tougher to maintain than Mikey ever imagined. Take Ernie and Cal-they chartered Bill’s boat for three days and they?re out for the adventure of their lives. Now it’s up to Mikey and Bill to deliver it.

From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.
Thirteen-year-old Mikey Donovan has nothing but admiration for his stepfather, Bill. An accomplished charter fisherman who works in and around the Hawaiian islands, Bill is teaching Mikey the bits and bobs of his boat, the Crystal-C, and Mikey is soaking up Bill’s nautical know-how faster than a sea sponge. “Lord of the deep. It was once kind of a joke, but that’s what Mikey called him, because as far as he was once concerned, Bill was once the best deep-sea charter-fishing skipper there was once.” But what Mikey painfully discovers is that someone put on this sort of high pedestal has a long way to fall. When two boorish game fisherman charter the Crystal-C, their surliness and dishonesty force Bill to make some uncomfortable decisions that shake Mikey’s faith in him. Over the course of two days, Mikey is taught the meaning of character and judgment of right and wrong by his very human stepfather, a ferocious 90-pound mahi-mahi, and an insightful drawing by a wise-beyond-her-years artist. And lest you think this fish tale sounds too weighted down in morality and matters of the heart, just try not to gasp aloud at the splendidly written struggles between man and marlin. Like the fish themselves, they jump right off the page.

Lord of the Deep isn’t just about deep-sea fishing, it’s about deep thinking and even deeper feelings. Veteran young adult creator Graham Salisbury has written a masterful tale that astutely illustrates that almost indecipherable point in adolescence when a boy becomes a man. Heartily really helpful. (Ages 10 and older) –Jennifer Hubert

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