A review by bookgirl4ever
The Beast of Cretacea by Todd Strasser

5.0

Ishmael signs up to work on a distant planet in order to save up enough money to get his foster parents and friend off the terribly polluted Earth. He arrives on Cretacea with four other teens to catch sea creatures on the ship Pequod (yes, this is a sci-fi Moby Dick retelling). Cretacea has humongous, ferocious sea and flying creatures. The mainland is rumored to have terrible beasts and is too dangerous for people to inhabit. When obsessive Captain Ahab offers a large reward for helping him to capture the massive white, winged terrafin, Ishmael is determined to volunteer so he can send money home to Earth, whose living conditions are worsening every day. Exciting and adventurous!

JHS/HS