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Jean Craighead George (Author)

Like his father and grandfather before him, 14-year-old Tomás 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. Tomás’s family want him to stay in school. But Tomás knows he will be more help to them if he leaves school now to become a fisherman. Should he drop out?

The choice is Tomás 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 Tomás finds the strength to make his decision.

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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.

Number of Pages: 192Dimensions: 0.46 x 7.63 x 5.17 INPublication Date: September 18, 2023Accelerated Reader:Quiz Name: Shark Beneath the ReefInterest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12Reading Level: 5.3Point Value: 7