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Waterman's Boy

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This book is about a boy named Ben Warren who lives with his family in Maryland. He and his friend Matt Go down to Marsh Harbor and find oil in the water. Ben and Matt sneak down at night to Marsh Harbor to find out who is dumping oil into the water. They tell David Watchman(a scientist)what they saw and you'll have to read the book to find out what happens next!

I liked this book, even though it was a school project!

Waterman's Boy is about a 10 year old boy who wants to be a waterman (a person who catches crabs, oysters, and fish) when he grows up. The only trouble is that the bay where he lives is being polluted and the fishing industry is failing. The boy stuggles to find out why this bay is being distroyed. In the end, the boy learns about the effects of chemicals on the enviroment, sticks up for his believes, and discovers what he is ment to do in life.

This book has a very slow plot, not very much action. It wouls be great to read if you are interested in the enviroment or fishing. Overall, it was pretty good.

I think the story was cool.I like the part when Ben has Matt sleepover
so they could go fishing the next day and catch some big ones which
would mean catch a big fish. Ben's dad did not catch a fish that
day and he would give up but go back the next day and then usually
catch a fish that day he went .

I thought it was really cool because Ben wanted to be just like his father and didn't want to go to college like his brother Eddie. His father told him he had to. Ben had a best friend whose name was Matt. Well, one day a scientist came to stay at his mother's Bed and Breakfast. His name was David Watchman. Matt and Ben were trying to make a boat because they needed to catch a crab for the Fair to be in a race that they enter every year. After they painted the boat, it sunk! David Watchmen took them on his boat and they caught a huge fat one! Then they named him Champ then they got entered in the contest but they didn't win. They got very sad, but then Ben got even more sad because Daid Watchmen and his father hated each other! David thought that watermen were ruining the water because there was oil in the water and watermen thought that scientists were ruining the water! Ben and Matt found a place that they had never had been before and every thing was dead and it was full of oil! They went to show the scientists and he got very sad and then he left him his phone number and he left. Next, Matt and Ben and went back to the dead place one night and fell asleep, but they woke up and caught the people who were doing the dumping oil. And then the next day he called the scientists and he called the police and then the next day his parents were very proud of him because he caught the people and then the scientists and the watermen became friends. Later the watermen asked his son what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said a scienists and his father said very good choice!

My feelings about the book were very adventorus and thrilling.The things that made the book exciting were The Crab Festival, the boating
trips,and Matt and Ben finding the oil spill in the marsh in the harbor.
Those are my feelings about the book.

The book was not like other books. It was not like other books because you never knew what was going to happen. Like,when you thought the boat Ben and Matt built was going to float,it sunk. Also, because Matt found a boat in the water and it was random. If I were going to make a prediction, I would have been wrong about it.

I thought the book was good. For one reason because I like the water and I like boating. The book was interesting and exciting when they found the dead part of the marsh and when they were hiding from the oil dumpers. But the begining was dull. I think it should be more exciting. I thought it started getting more exciting near chapter 10. But after a while I really liked it .

Waterman's Boy is a really good book. It is the kind of book that if you pick it up and start reading it you can't stop. Waterman's Boy is about a boy thay has a father that is a waterman. The boy(Ben)wants to be a waterman just like his dad. But his dad wants him to go to college like Ben's older brother(Eddie)did. Ben does something exquisite at the end of the story. His father tells him that he can be a waterman if he wants to but Ben said ''I don't think I want to be a watrman''. His father was shocked. Than every thing turns out good for Ben.

A boy named Ben finds out that there's something wrong with the lake.Then he finds a scientist named David Watchman that finds out that there's gas and oil in the bay.They have to find out where it's coming from.Where is it coming from, read it to find out! I really liked the book because, it's a good, exiting book.It's actually kind of a mystery.It makes you keep reading it so you can find out the answer to the problem, and solve the mystery!

I thought the book was exciting because there was a little bit of mystery and parts that made you think I wonder if the bad guys will get caught and who's dumping oil and why? It also makes you wonder what will happen when they have the lobster race against other lobsters. It also makes you wonder if Duke Warren and David Watchman will become friends.