* GREEN EARTH BOOK AWARD *
* MOONBEAM GOLD AWARD(NON-FICTION) *
* MARYLAND BLUE CRAB AWARD *
* SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARD *
On a cool December morning near San Francisco, a distress call was radioed to shore by a local fisherman. He had discovered a humpback whale tangled in hundreds of yards of crab-trap lines, struggling to stay at the surface to breathe. A team of volunteers answered the call, and four divers risked their lives to rescue the enormous animal.