The Boy Who Held Back the Sea

From the award-winning and renowned illustrator Thomas Locker, beautiful oil-painted illustrations pair with this wonderful retelling of the traditional Dutch folktale.

Jan had never done anything more heroic than shout for the guard because he'd imagined he'd seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovered water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protected his low-lying village, he knew he had to act fast.

"Visually stunning."--Publishers Weekly

"Locker's depiction of nature overpowering humanity is especially significant to the story and to the Dutch people who have spent centuries battling the sea."--School Library Journal

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 03/01/1993
ISBN: 9780140546132
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.45h x 10.47w x 0.21d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 169296 / Boy Who Held Back the Sea
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5