Shark Beneath the Reef

by George, Jean Craighead

• ISBN13: 9780064403085
• ISBN10: 0064403084
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Like his father and grandfather before him, 14-year-old Tomís 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. Tomís's family want him to stay in school. But Tomís knows he will be more help to them if he leaves school now to become a fisherman. Should he drop out? The choice is Tomís alone -- a difficult one for a boy just becoming a man. It is only underwear, in a confrontation with the fisherman's greatest prize and worst enemy, that Tomís finds the strength to make his decision.

Table of Contents

A Round, Black Eye	1	(15)
A Black Cross in the Sky	16	(11)
The Reef Sends a Warning	27	(8)
Griselda	35	(12)
Ships and Sharks and Factory Boats	47	(10)
The Whizbang Flare	57	(9)
Under the Overhang	66	(13)
A Warning from a Fish and a Bird	79	(10)
Oficiales	89	(13)
The Return of Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca	102	(15)
Three Gifts	117	(13)
``Have You Come for Me?''	130	(14)
Of Sharks and Men	144	(16)
Pebbles	160	(15)
The Teacher	175