<strong>* GREEN EARTH BOOK AWARD *</strong><br /><strong>* MOONBEAM GOLD AWARD(NON-FICTION) *</strong><br /><strong>* MARYLAND BLUE CRAB AWARD *</strong><br /><strong>* SOCIETY OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARD *</strong><p>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.</p>