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vii, 214 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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On the surface this book spins a fisherman's tall tale about a ribald angling contest between three middle-aged friends who love (and perhaps hate) each other: a preppy trilingual Machiavelli, an intellectual ghetto pool shark, and a brawny Texan who defies his own macho stereotype. All professional writers, the men have met every autumn for eighteen years at the Big Arsenic Springs on the Río Grande to fly-cast for trout and argue about life, literature,...
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257 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plot of shocking menace"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Nobody has every been able to catch The Great Googly Moogly, a giant and terrifying fish of legend. But Stella aims to do just that. Armed with fishing gear and differing baits, she sets out every day to realize her dream, whatever the weather. But what will she do if she succeeds?
10) Fish
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English
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"A boy and his dog embark on what is clearly not an ordinary day of fishing." -- Front jacket flap.
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90 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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English
Description
"While Caroline is out fishing one spring day, she sees a British warship about to capture an American boat. With only an instant to decide what to do, Caroline takes a daring risk to try to save the day. She's been trying to be brave, like she promised Papa, but would he be proud of her now? Missing him terribly, Caroline visits their special fishing spot on the shore of Lake Ontario. She hopes to find comfort there-- but instead she makes a startling...
13) Skyfishing
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young girl helps her grandfather adjust to his new home in the city with her family by inventing a fantastical fishing game"--
15) A different pond
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English
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"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
16) Elsie
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Elsie's six older siblings overrule her ideas when they all go fishing, but by the end of the day learn that sometimes her way of doing things is best.
18) What if a fish
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231 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Eleven-year-old Eddie Aguado is convinced that winning the 14th Annual Arne Hopkins Dock Fishing Tournament (once he actually learns how to fish) will bring him closer to his dad, who died when Eddie was only five"--
20) The secret river
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.
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