Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury
	List Price:   $6.50 Unit Price:   $5.20 You Save:   $1.30 (20%) ISBN-10:   0440219051 ISBN-13:   9780440219057 Publisher:   Random House [IN]; Laurel Leaf Category:   Young Adults Pages:   224 Format:   Paperback; Mass Market paperback Grades:   7 and up
Description/Notes
Eleven luminous stories follow Sonny Mendoza and his cousin Keo, young men who grow up in a Hawaiian fishing village, a world of dazzling beauty, powerful family ties, and vivid characters. Eleven interlinked stories tell the tale of a boy coming of age in Kailua-Kona, a Hawaiian fishing village. Sonny Mendoza is a little different from the rest of the men in his family. Salisbury explores characters like Aunty Pearl, a full-blooded Hawaiian as regal as the queens of old; cool Jack, from L.A., who starts a gang and dares Sonny to be brave enough, cruel enough, to join; mysterious Melanie, who steals his heart; and Deeps, the shark hunter. But the most memorable character is the sea itself: inviting, unpredictable, deadly. Mendoza men are brave men, but Sonny's courage is of a different kind. Why can't he love and trust the water as the men of his family are meant to do?