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White as the Waves - A Novel of Moby Dick
Alison Baird
Price: CDN$11.95
Young Adult
(12 to 16)
April, 1999
ISBN 1-894294-03-3
160 pages
5.5" x 8.5", paper
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White as the Waves
is a modern retelling of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, but with a
twist: in this version, aimed at young adult readers, the story is told
using the viewpoint of the whale rather than that of Captain Ahab. The
book follows key events in the white whale's life, from his birth off
the Galapagos Islands to the loss of his mate in an attack by whalers,
to his own desperate assaults on the whaling vessels that are driving
his species to extinction. Like Melville's human protagonist, White
as the Waves must struggle continually to find meaning in a universe
which appears to him to have turned hostile and chaotic.
About the Author
Alison Baird is the author of a children's book, The
Dragon's Egg (Scholastic Canada), which was a Regional
Winner of the Silver Birch Award. Her most recent book,
The Hidden World, was published by Penguin Canada in
February 1999.
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