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Blue Skin of the Sea Mass market paperbound - 1994

by Graham Salisbury

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Eleven luminous stories form a fascinating account of a boy growing up in Hawaii between 1953 and 1966. The collection won the author six major awards, including the PEN/Norma Klein Award. "Salisbury has successfully created stories that stand alone, yet join together to build a world of people, places, and conflicts".--School Library Journal, starred review. An ALA Best Book of the Year; 1992 Parents' Choice Book Award; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; 1992 Judy Lopez Memorial Award.

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Eleven interlinked stories tell the tale of a boy coming of age in Kailua-Kona, a Hawaiian fishing village. Sonny Mendoza is a little different from the rest of the men in his family. Salisbury explores characters like Aunty Pearl, a full-blooded Hawaiian as regal as the queens of old; cool Jack, from L.A., who starts a gang and dares Sonny to be brave enough, cruel enough, to join; mysterious Melanie, who steals his heart; and Deeps, the shark hunter.

But the most memorable character is the sea itself: inviting, unpredictable, deadly. Mendoza men are brave men, but Sonny's courage is of a different kind. Why can't he love and trust the water as the men of his family are meant to do?

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Eleven luminous stories follow Sonny Mendoza and his cousin Keo, young men who grow up in a Hawaiian fishing village, a world of dazzling beauty, powerful family ties, and vivid characters.

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  • Title Blue Skin of the Sea
  • Author Graham Salisbury
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Laurel Leaf Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date May 1, 1994
  • ISBN 9780440219057 / 0440219051
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.84 x 4.14 x 0.63 in (17.37 x 10.52 x 1.60 cm)
  • Age range 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 810
  • Themes
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fathers and sons - Fiction, Hawaii - Fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Graham Salisbury is the author of several novels, among them the award-winning Lord of the Deep, Blue Skin of the Sea, and Under the Blood-Red Sun.
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