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Gone to drift / (Record no. 394885)

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CONTROL NUMBER
control field 993420757
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20180416091409.0
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)993420757
CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency BTCTA
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency BTCTA
Modifying agency YDX
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-- OI6
-- KVIJL
-- OCP
-- GAP
-- OCLCO
-- GZD
LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library GZDA
Local processing data jl*
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813.6
Edition number 23
LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number FIC
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780062672964
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0062672967
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR NAME McCaulay, Diana,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Gone to drift /
Statement of responsibility, etc Diana McCaulay.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First U.S. edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 265 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm
AWARDS NOTE
Awards note Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Gone to Drift tells the story of a 12-year-old Jamaican boy, Lloyd, and his search for his beloved grandfather, Maas Conrad, a fisherman who is lost at sea. Lloyd suspects that his grandfather has witnessed an illegal capture of dolphins for the tourist trade and that he has come to harm. Interspersed with Lloyd's quest on land and sea is a second voice - of Maas Conrad himself, who, unknown to Lloyd is alive; marooned on a rock, he describes his life growing up in a rural fishing village in a long-gone era. Gone to Drift is an exciting adventure story about a boy confronted with difficult moral choices.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Boys
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Grandfathers
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Missing persons
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Adventure stories.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fishers
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 02. English Fiction
Copies
Piece designation (barcode) Koha full call number School Code Collection
QCHS23120F MCCQueen Charlotte Intermediate School 
MSCS12053F MCCMt. Stewart Consolidated SchoolGr. 3-6 REALISTIC FICTION / International Fiction