Secret Life of Lobsters
by Trevor Corson - Adult/General Title
In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine, to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters.
In revelations from the laboratory and the sea, the lobster proves itself to be not only a delicious meal and a sustainable resource, but also an amorous master of the boudoir, a lethal boxer, and a snoopy socializer. THE SECRET LIFE OF LOBSTERS is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths.
Lobsterman
by Dahlov Ipcar - Children's Title
Chosen as one of Yankee Magazine's Top 100 Classic Children's Books
Illustrated in noted Maine artist Dahlov Ipcar's inimitable style, Lobsterman tells the story of a day in the life of a lobsterman's son working alongside his father. Ages 4 and up.
Excerpt:
"Larry and his father come to a little cove where long streamers of brown kelp grow so thick that they can look down and see them waving in a great, dark tangle, like a jungle under the water.
"'There must be lobsters down there, for sure,' Larry says. 'This is where I want to set my trap.'
"They push his trap over... and down it goes, down, down, down, until it disappears among the kelp ... and only the yellow buoy with black and white stripes floats on top to mark where the trap is."
The Young Man and the Sea
by Rodman Philbrick - Young Adult Title
This story is about courage, survival, and the adventure of deep sea fishing off the coast of Maine
Twelve year old Samuel "Skiff" Beaman, Jr. is a determined young man trying to survive after his mother's recent death and his father's subsequent depression. Skiff is forced to become an adult as he desperately tries to get his father to get back into the family fishing business.
Skiff raises the Mary Rose after it sinks with the help of a kindly old man, Mr. Woodwell. Amos Woodwell instructs Skiff on how to raise the boat, overcoming many construction-related adversities. Once done, Skiff and Amos proceed to do the necessary repairs, but neither Skiff nor his father have the money to repair the diesel motor. Overhauling the engine will cost five thousand dollars! Young Beaman decides to use his ten foot skiff to earn the money trapping lobsters. His lobster trapping business is soon sabotaged by Tyler Croft, a rich kid bully who does not like Skiff because his family is poor. Samuel is discouraged but does not give up...
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