Blue Skin of the Sea
Sonny Mendoza and his cousin grow up in an Hawaiian fishing village. It is a world of beauty, family, love, and of danger and tragedy. Mendoza men must be brave, but Sonny's courage is different. He can't love and trust the water as the other men in his family do. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Winner of the Parents' Choice Award for Literature.