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Author
Series
I survived volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
4) Dark tide
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Kate is a shark expert whose business has been failing since a shark attack killed a fellow diver under her command. Once dubbed "the shark whisperer," Kate is haunted by the memory of the attack and unable to get back into the water. With bills piling up and the bank about to foreclose on Kate's boat, Kate's old flame Jeff presents her with a lucrative opportunity: lead a thrill-seeking millionaire businessman on a dangerous shark dive, outside the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"--...
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town. He has three new friends, and they love cooling off in the creek on hot summer days. But then comes shocking news: A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore, not far from where Chet is staying. Fear is in the air. So when Chet spots a gray fin in the creek, he's sure it's his imagination running wild. It's impossible he's about to come...
8) Soul surfer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Teen surfer Bethany Hamilton returns to competitive surfing after losing her arm in a shark attack.
9) Jaws
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the 1974 publication of the novel Jaws and the release a year later of the film based on the book, an American cultural phenomenon was born. Today, the remarkable bestseller by Peter Benchley still towers as a thrilling classic of suspense, drama, and the eternal conflicts of man against nature ... and man against himself. As the movie continues to broadcast all over the world, entire generations may know the Jaws story only through its cinematic...
Author
Publisher
Regal From Gospel Light
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Bethany Hamilton's incredible story of surviving and thriving in the wake of a shark attack, told in her bestselling autobiography Soul Surfer, has sold more than 1.5 million copies. Yet her family's adventures started long before Bethany lost her arm and became a pro surfer. Now Cheri Hamilton, Bethany's mom, tells the inspiring story of the Hamilton Family. Raising a Soul Surfer invites readers to journey with the Hamiltons to the lush islands of...
11) Scary sharks
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces sharks and why they sometimes attack humans, and tells of some real-life shark attacks.
12) Shark attack!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the nearly disastrous encounter of a spear-fisherman with a shark off the coast of Australia.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books ; MTV Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Bethany Hamilton, a teenage surfer lost her arm in a shark attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.
15) Shark bait
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 3
Publisher
Kan Miller/EDC Publ
Pub. Date
2010, 2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
16) Bethany Hamilton
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Nonfiction
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Shares details on the life of the young woman who lost her arm in a shark attack, but continued to pursue her dream of surfing.
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The story of a brutal shark attack that cost a woman her arm and much of her leg, and her death-defying recovery. Nicole Moore is a Canadian nurse who suffered two incredibly rare and lethal strikes by a bull shark in waist-deep water at a Mexican resort beach--attacks all the more brutal for bring so unlikely. Nicole lost 60 percent of her blood from deep bites on her arm and leg, and almost died. She was rushed to a Mexican hospital where she received...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Surfer Bethany Hamilton paddled out into the ocean for a early morning session with friends. Suddenly, she was attacked by a tiger shark and badly wounded. Learn how Bethany managed to survive losing her arm in this riveting true story."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As shark attacks continue to rise along the coast of New England, Dr. Greg Skomal, the leading great white shark expert in the country, takes readers on a gripping exploration of these apex predators and the factors in their resurgence"--
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