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Gr 5-8 Salisbury's latest novel is a winning combination of riveting deep-sea fishing action, a sensitive depiction of family relationships, and an intriguing exploration of the fine line between lying and telling the truth. Mikey Donovan, 13, trusts and admires his stepdad; he even calls Bill "Lord of the Deep" because he's the best deep-sea charter-fishing skipper off the Kona Coast. But Bill has financial worries; Mikey's frail three-year-old half brother is blind, and his mother has left work to stay home with him. To economize, Bill has taken on Mikey as his deckhand, and the boy i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Set in and around Hawaii's coastal waters, Lord of the Deep reveals the perilous undercurrents that can lie beneath even the best of human relationships. At thirteen, Mikey works as a deckhand on the Crystal-C, the charter fishing boat owned and operated by his stepfather. Bill is an expert sailor, a devoted father to Mikey's blind half-brother, and a loving, responsible mentor to Mikey, who regards his stepfather as a hero of almost Shane-like proportions (the novel's conclusion even contains echoes of Jack Schaefer's classic work). Exceptionally supple prose follows the duo through a twenty-four-hour period in which Bill's boat is chartered by brothers Cal and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More