Catching Spring

by Sylvia Olsen

The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations.

Bobby loves his weekend job at the nearby marina. He loves to play marbles with his friends. And he loves being able to give half his weekly earnings to his mother to eke out the grocery money, but he longs to enter the up-coming fishing derby. With the help of his uncle and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551432986
• ISBN13: 9781551432984
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Fishing Tale

This is a sweet story of a Tsartlip boy in 1957 who wants to participate in a fishing contest, in order to win a new bike. However, he does not have the money to enter the contest and has to work helping the other contestants on the contest day instead. Does he manage to enter the contest and win after all? Is there sabotage or a Disney ending? You will have to read to find out!