Hunting the Dragon
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Publisher:
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
Description
Billy Crawford is a blond, eighteen-year-old surfer from Southern California, working in Fiji as a surfing instructor. But when he gets fired for leading his students into some dangerous surf, his endless summer seems to be over, and he decides that it's time to get a real job. He comes across a tuna clipper called Lucky Dragon whose crew is short a boatman, and the first mate offers him a job. What Billy doesn't know is that the clipper finds tuna by following dolphins. When Lucky Dragon sets its net for the first time, Billy witnesses a harrowing sight???dolphins being killed by the Dragon's money-hungry pirates. When he attempts to save a dolphin who is caught in the tuna net, the Dragon's captain tosses Billy and his belongings???including his surfboard???into the ocean and leaves.
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ISBN:
9781423147381
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Grouping Author | peter dixon |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-29 04:05:49AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-29 04:22:12AM |
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