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Book Review of Spiro of the Sponge Fleet

Spiro of the Sponge Fleet
Spiro of the Sponge Fleet
Author: Henry Chapin
Book Type: Hardcover
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Published in 1964 for High School students, will now be of interest to older elementary and younger middle school students. Spiro of Kolymnos, Greece, a sponge fishing village, is staying at home to take care of his mother but wants desperately to join the sponge fishing fleet. Tells a great deal about life among the Greek sponge fishers of that era.