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Shark Beneath the Reef
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Like his father and grandfather before him, 14-year-old Tom s Torres dreams of catching a great shark in the Sea of Cortez -- and he will catch it, although there are other things he should be thinking about. With an education, her could someday become a marine biologist. Tom s's family want him to stay in school. But Tom s knows he will be more help to them if he leaves school now to become a fisherman. Should he drop out?
The choice is Tom s alone -- a difficult one for a boy just becoming a man. It is only underwater, in a confrontation with the fisherman's greatest prize and worst enemy, that Tom s finds the strength to make his decision.
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- ISBN-13: 9780064403085
- ISBN-10: 0064403084
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish Date: April 1991
- Dimensions: 7.63 x 5.17 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 192
- Reading Level: Ages 8-12
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