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Seal boy /

Catran, Ken, 1944 -

Seal boy / Ken Catran. - Auckland [N.Z.] : Random House New Zealand, 2004. - 167 pages; illustrations; 20 cm.

Novel for young adults.

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.

ISBN: 1869416112 (pbk.) 9781869416119 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Whaling--Fiction.
Shanghaiing--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2

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