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214 pp.
| Front
| November, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-1-59078-516-4$16.95
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4-6
Stuck in a hick town in Maine for the summer, thirteen-year-old Manuel desperately wants to return home to New Haven. To raise money, Manuel works for Zeke, a crotchety old lobsterman. Manuel's slow summer picks up (as does the book) when Manuel finds himself hunting for "black gold" (mussels) with Zeke. The unlikely pair forge a reluctant friendship as adventures and troubles mount.