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zapkode's review
5.0
{My thoughts} – Chet is a young boy that has been forced to move around a lot. His dad seems to have problems settling down in one place. He also seems to be under the impression that moving around until you find a means of striking it rich is the best way to raise a family.
His mom doesn’t seem to be bothered by it all. She fully supports his dad’s solutions to making money for the family to survive.
This last time his dad decided to pack up and move to California. Chet didn’t go with, instead he stayed with his uncle. He’d managed to make a handful of friends and leaning that a certain girl in his class really liked him.
Chet and his friends each pull pranks on each other as a means to pass the time. The first prank his friends do is pretend to be a shark. Chet doesn’t like the prank or the outcome nor does he fully understand it until his uncle explains it to him. After that Chet decides to get even. He pulls an epic prank and it causes his friends to get really mad and angry to the point they stop talking.
A few days after Chet goes down to the creek to try and make right with his friends. While he is swimming he had a run in with the shark. He goes to town and explains to everyone what he’s seen, no one believes him until he talks to an old boating captain.
Chet goes back to the creek and his buddies are there playing in the water. He yells to them to get out but they ignore him thinking it another prank. Eventually the shark shows up and the boys start to see things much more differently.
His buddies end up having to save him from the shark, however, that isn’t until after a chunk of his thigh was bitten off. Chet ends up in the hospital but at least he survived. So many others dies from the attacks.
His mom doesn’t seem to be bothered by it all. She fully supports his dad’s solutions to making money for the family to survive.
This last time his dad decided to pack up and move to California. Chet didn’t go with, instead he stayed with his uncle. He’d managed to make a handful of friends and leaning that a certain girl in his class really liked him.
Chet and his friends each pull pranks on each other as a means to pass the time. The first prank his friends do is pretend to be a shark. Chet doesn’t like the prank or the outcome nor does he fully understand it until his uncle explains it to him. After that Chet decides to get even. He pulls an epic prank and it causes his friends to get really mad and angry to the point they stop talking.
A few days after Chet goes down to the creek to try and make right with his friends. While he is swimming he had a run in with the shark. He goes to town and explains to everyone what he’s seen, no one believes him until he talks to an old boating captain.
Chet goes back to the creek and his buddies are there playing in the water. He yells to them to get out but they ignore him thinking it another prank. Eventually the shark shows up and the boys start to see things much more differently.
His buddies end up having to save him from the shark, however, that isn’t until after a chunk of his thigh was bitten off. Chet ends up in the hospital but at least he survived. So many others dies from the attacks.
kinley14's review
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
rubydagger's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ava_xoxo4's review
adventurous
informative
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
goodem9199's review
3.0
Josh was amazed and I can't keep this series on my shelves....kids are obsessed.
libraryam's review
3.0
I’ve wanted to check out this series for a while. I finally picked up this volume in particular because, duh sharks. It was fine and I think engaging, and I liked the “true facts” and “for more information” bits at the end. I can see why kids dig it. However knowing something of the events, I was a little disappointed this was historical fiction. I’m wondering if some of the more recent events chronicled are likewise or of some are memoirs.
vivianegracie's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
iamthelizardqueen's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This one's alright.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Violence, Body horror, and Blood
Minor: Medical content, Death, Child death, and Animal death
heylook's review
3.0
This time the kid passes out not due to a bonk on the head, but to blood loss. Plus the other 90% of the story (that part not about a shark attack) wasn't too bad.
mhaugh16's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5