| The Boy Who Held Back the Sea Contributor(s): Locker, Thomas (Author), Hort, Lenny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140546138 ISBN-13: 9780140546132 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1993 Annotation: Jan had never done anything more heroic than shout for the guard because he'd imagined he'd seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovered water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protected his low-lying village, he knew he had to act fast. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 86032893 |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Series: Picture Puffin Books |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 10.47" W x 8.45" (0.32 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 169296 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the award-winning and renowned illustrator Thomas Locker, beautiful oil-painted illustrations pair with this wonderful retelling of the traditional Dutch folktale. Jan had never done anything more heroic than shout for the guard because he'd imagined he'd seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovered water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protected his low-lying village, he knew he had to act fast. "Visually stunning."--Publishers Weekly Locker's depiction of nature overpowering humanity is especially significant to the story and to the Dutch people who have spent centuries battling the sea.--School Library Journal |