I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived, #2)

by Lauren Tarshis

Other authorsScott Dawson (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2010

Status

Available

Call number

J3H.Tar

Publication

Scholastic Inc.

Pages

87

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.

Collection

Barcode

2935

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

87 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

0545206952 / 9780545206952

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LibraryThing member benuathanasia
It's the same length as all the other books, but it feels more abrupt. It offers less information on the events through the protagonist's eyes than most of the other books.
Also, way to ripoff Jaws. The captain is a complete copy-paste of Quint. We've got him butting into a conversation he isn't
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part of to offer up facts about sharks. We've got his monologue about going into the water. We've got the "dolls eyes" speech. He's a crazy loner shunned by the town. Him and his gun come to the rescue. The more I read Tarshis, the more I realize she does borrows a bit here and there from other people and passes it off as her own.
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LibraryThing member trayceetee
I had read this once before, a few years ago, on my own. Recently, my 7-year-old showed an interest in having me read chapter books to him, so we started on the "I Survived" series. He found the one about The Titanic to be a bit on the dry side, but we liked this one about shark attacks!
LibraryThing member Tylerballer5
I really liked this book because it was very interesting.I would reccommend this book who likes realistic fictoin.My favorite part was when his 2 friends were in the creek and acted like they were drowning and it scared him.This was a really good book
LibraryThing member derock35
this book is about a boy named Chet living with is uncle
and there is a creek where Chet and his friend go
swimming but somthing is in the water!
LibraryThing member skipballin25
I liked this book. It was about a great white shark thats in
a creek and people are geting attacked by it. report are com
eing in about this shark and two boy go swimmin and one
boys get attack on the leg and i cant tell u wat happins next.
LibraryThing member abbylibrarian
Another action-packed installment in this series of adventure stories based on true events. Back matter includes an author's note and facts about shark attacks.

Readalikes:

Shark Life by Peter Benchley for true stories about the JAWS author's experiences swimming with sharks and other sea
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creatures.

Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo for a nonfiction book about the shark attacks of 1916. This would be a great choice for young readers captivated by this event and interested in finding out more about it.
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LibraryThing member jjpoppyjj
a short story but very interesting, it is a first-hand perspective of a boy who came face to face with a killer shark.
LibraryThing member MASON545
I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was awesome !!!!!!!!!!
LibraryThing member ctmsanvu
Chet Roscow lives in Elm Hill, New Jersey and lives with his uncle Jerry because Chet's parents always keep miving to other states. This makes it hard to make friends. Chet has a job at his uncles diner. He also has three great friends, there names are Dewey, Sid, and Monty. There is news on the
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news paper that says that there is a sharknear them and has been atacking swimmers.

After, the next few days have had a couple of good pranks going on between the three friends and Chet. One day Chet made a prank that scared his three friends and made it look like he was dead. Dewey, Sid, and Monty got really mad and did not talk or see each other for a few days. The next day Chet went for a swim in the afternoon, by himself and the next thing Chet sees is a blood thirsty shark. Will he survive.

I give the book "I survived" five stars bacause this book has a lot of action and makes me want to read more after I am finished reading for the day. This book also puts a lot of pictures/ images in my head, and I can imagine what Elm Hill looks like. The image that I see in my head of Elm Hill is very nice, it is sunny, lots of people are in uncle Jerry's diner, and everyone looks happy. I think the author of this book could make this book a little longer and have more details, that explain more about the the town and more about Dewey, Sid, and Monty, and how they like Elm Hills or something simila
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LibraryThing member PeaceLoveTigers
I love this book i would recommend it to anyone it is a awsome book.
LibraryThing member amccann
Based n the true story of the Great White Attacks. A boy named Chet was living with his uncle at the time of the news dealing with the shark. No one in town would have ever thought that shark would travel into the creek. Until one day Chet and his friends went swimming only to encounter this
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massive beast.
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LibraryThing member mmg020
This is a fictional story about a boy who was attacked by a Great White Shark in a lake and lived to tell the tale. This is a great book to show the different kinds of genres you can read, something in a past setting that maybe never even took place.
LibraryThing member JenniferRobb
We'd bought this book for my nephew a few years ago but I'd never read it. I found it at his house recently and decided to read it. (WARNING: SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW)

****

It was interesting to me to see how perceptions of sharks has changed since 1916. In the beginning of this book, it seems people are
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divided on whether sharks attack humans. That's something I probably wouldn't have known if I hadn't read this book.

I didn't really like the pranks the boys played, but I suspect that is part of boyhood. It also creates "the boy who cried wolf" conflict in the story.
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LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
Chet is the new kid in town, living with his uncle and helping out at his diner. It's here that locals start talking about the newspaper accounts of sharks attacking people in the ocean not far from their town. But it's 1916 and no one has ever been attacked by a shark this far north before ...
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could it be real or not? Chet is about to find out.

So for many years now, I've been seeing these "I Survive" books fly off the shelves at libraries and have wondered what makes them so great that kids love them immensely. I decided to download several e-book titles to evaluate them, selecting some books with events I knew a decent amount about already, events I knew a little bit about already, and events I really didn't know anything about previously. This book fits into the second category.

I found this book riveting. The beginning does deal with some of Chet's home problems (always moving, trying to make friends, etc.) but the shark problem is introduced so early on that the reader is always aware of the danger. It probably helped for me that the locale is not far from my last job so I can envision the place (if not necessarily the time period) super easily. The story could be scary but is handled tactfully so that it is adventurous but not gratuitous.

Back matter describes which parts of the books were true and which were fictionalized. (I wish more historical fiction did this!) Some additional facts are included here as well. Black-and-white illustrations throughout are not necessary to tell the story but are a good addition for kids who are more visual or might just want a break in the text for a moment.
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LibraryThing member ToniFGMAMTC
My 8 yr old daughter started reading this and got me interested also. Kinda the boy who cried wolf with a shark. It was actually interesting. Concerns the infamous attacks from a shark being pushed into freshwater connected to an ocean.
LibraryThing member ToniFGMAMTC
My 8 yr old daughter started reading this and got me interested also. Kinda the boy who cried wolf with a shark. It was actually interesting. Concerns the infamous attacks from a shark being pushed into freshwater connected to an ocean.
LibraryThing member Kdd026
This adventure story is a compelling read that will engage students who enjoy historical fiction. It can be used to teach the author's perspective and points of view in the story form various characters.
LibraryThing member jennybeast
Creepy and kind of amazing -- I love that Tarshis gives us the context of the times -- that people really didn't believe that sharks would ever attack a human in 1916, that this unbelievable incident took place. I also appreciate that even in a really short book she works in themes that resonate
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with kids -- in this case, Chet's feelings of displacement and difficulties learning how to fit in now that he's in a settled place for a while.
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Rating

½ (89 ratings; 4)

Call number

J3H.Tar
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