Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Ideal for: 6th-8th graders

Rating: 8/10

This is a great book about a Cuban fisherman who hooks a giant fish. It is Ernest Hemmingways last book and is a book I am sure you will enjoy. If you liked Of Mice and Men, This is the book for you.

Old Man and the Sea book trailer

Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus