The young man and the sea

The young man and the sea paperback rodman philbrick copyright 2004 first few pages - the lower corner of pages are folded ISBN 0439802873 190 pages Twelve year old skill Beakman's mom just died and his fisherman dad is too depressed to drag himself out of bed in the morning. So these days Skiff has to take care of everything himself. But when his dad's boat sinks, Skiff discovers it will cost thousands of dollars to buy a new engine