TY - BOOK AU - Catran, Ken, TI - Seal boy SN - 1869416112 (pbk.) U1 - NZ823.2 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - Random House New Zealand KW - Whaling KW - Fiction KW - Shanghaiing KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Survival KW - Young adult fiction, New Zealand N1 - Novel for young adults N2 - Fourteen-year-old Emmett Tyler is the son of a wealthy banker and yearns to escape the stifling society of Boston and see the world. While exploring the docks he is shanghaied for a three-year voyage on a whaling ship, eventually finding himself abandoned in New Zealand where he must fight for his life. Suggested level: secondary ER -