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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

by Lauren Tarshis

Book Details

Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2009
Language: en
Pages: 87
ISBN: 9780545206952
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 80%

Content Intensity

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4
💥ViolenceNotable
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
4
😨Fear / HorrorNotable

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

It's the summer of 1916, and ten-year-old Chet Roscow is just as captivated as everyone else along the Jersey shore by the local news: a Great White shark has been attacking and killing people up and down the Atlantic coast, not far from Chet's hometown of Springfield, New Jersey. <p>Then one day, swimming with his friends, Chet sees something in the water...</p> <p>Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this new fictional series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!</p>

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionAction & AdventureSurvival StoriesHistoricalUnited States20th Century
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