The pull of the ocean /
Jean-Claude Mourlevat ; translated from the French by Y. Maudet.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Delacorte Press, c2006.
- 190 p. ; 19 cm.
Translation of: Enfant oc�ean.
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Loosely based on Charles Perrault's "Tom Thumb," seven brothers in modern-day France flee their poor parents' farm, led by the youngest who, although mute and unusually small, is exceptionally wise.