Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs is a fiction book by Michael Gerard Bauer, released in 2007.

Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs won the "Book Council of Australia: Junior Judges Award" in 2007.

It is about a fifteen-year-old boy named Ishmael Leseur and his friends/debating team- James Scobie, Ignatius Prindabel, Orazio Zorzotto and Bill Kingsley.

Ishmael tries to get with an attractive girl named Kelly Faulkner, at the same time as keeping away from the school bully, Barry Bagsley.

It is recommended to read the first book (Don't Call Me Ishmael!)