After
#5379 of 8,085 books · #2435 in Fiction
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2003).
After won the 2000 Alex Award. A fascinating story of life at sea. A record of a typical month-long swordfishing trip, the backbreaking work, the danger, the uncertainty of the weather, and the thrill of a gritty job that makes the sea a home.
- Publisher
- Everbind
- ISBN-13
- 9780784837122
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Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult LiteratureShortlisted(2003)
Other awarded books from Francine Prose
- Blue Angel (2000)0 wins · 4 score
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