by
Jean Craighead George
"Excellent writing; a fine portrait of a unique region; an involving, well-crafted story."
The true protagonist here is not 14-year-old Tomas—a Mexican boy who must decide whether to follow the family trade of fisherman or to stay in school, perhaps becoming a marine biologist—but his Baja California home, to which George brings her contagious enthusiasm as a naturalist.
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