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.

Author: Jean Craighead George
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/15/1991
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.63h x 5.17w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780064403085
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5294 / Shark Beneath the Reef


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/26/1991
Publishers Weekly 05/03/1991

About the Author
George, Jean Craighead: -

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. Born into a family of famous naturalists, Jean spent her entire career writing books that celebrated the natural world.