Shark Beneath the Reef

Like his father and grandfather before him, 14-year-old Tomas Torres dreams of catching a great shark in the Sea of Cortezamp;mdash;and he will catch it, although there are other things he should be thinking about.

With an education, her could someday become a marine biologist. Tomas's family want him to stay in school. But Tomas knows he will be more help to them if he leaves school now to become a fisherman. Should he drop out? The choice is Tomas aloneamp;mdash;a difficult one for a boy just becoming a man. In a confrontation with the fisherman's greatest prize and worst enemy, that Tomas finds the strength to make his decision.