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The Lobster War

by Ethan Howland

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Although he fears being in the water, sixteen-year-old Dain is determined to be a professional lobsterman, despite pressure from his older brother and widowed mother that he attend college instead, and despite the fact that someone is sabotaging his lobster traps.

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Lupine Award (Honor – 2001)

Maine Student Book Award (Reading List – 2003)

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Young Adult
LCC: PZ7 .H846 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
BISAC: JUV JUVENILE FICTION Family Siblings

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
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Published: 2001
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Young Adult
LCC: PZ7 .H846

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