I survived the Shark Attacks of 1996 Report by:Gabriel Verdugo

Book Title: I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1996

Name of the Author: Lauren Tarshis

Date Published: September 1, 2010

                                  Summary

   This book is about a kid named Chet that spends the summer with his uncle Jerry on a place named the “Elm Hills. He has to live with his uncle because his parents are in California for business opportunities and don’t have enough money to take care of Chet.”There he makes 3 very good friends with that love to do pranks on each other. His friends later do a prank to him that there was a shark on the creek and that prank make Shet so scared that he got mad at them. He then goes to the beach on his own this time and is attacked by a shark, but luckily is not hurt. He then goes off to tell a retired captain in the area of what had happened. The captain later goes off to find the shark while Chet was going to the beach to warn everybody.

There he finds his friends and tells them to get out of the water because it was dangerous. They thought it was another prank but then they saw a gray fin going through the water and that was when they knew it was real. They all got out of the water except for one. Chet made the decision to save his friend and risk his life, so he jumped and pulled his friend to shore. The next second he saw his leg it was covered in blood. The shark had bitten his leg but luckily the captain was in the area and shot the shark.

Main characters:

Chet Roscow: Parents are living in California for business and is sent to live with his uncle

Uncle Jerry: Has a shop on Elm Hills and is the guardian of Chet while his parents are not with him. He is also Chet’s uncle.

Quotes:

“And then he saw it- a large gray fin, slicing through the water like a knife.”

This is important because it was his encounter with the shark that almost kills him.

“A shark will not attack a human. It’s a proven fact.”

This is important because this is them not believing that a shark would attack a human when it actually could very much kill one easily.

Vocabulary words:

1.Barely: Hardly

2.Disbelief: doubt about the truth of something

3.Fatal: Resulting in death

4.Harpoon: A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing

5.Impressed: To think highly of someone

6.Reeds: long, tall grasses with leaves and hollow stems

7. Scrubbed: rubbed hard in order to clean

8.Massive: Large and heavy; great in size or scope

Recommendation:

In my opinion, I would recommend this book to anyone that likes action books that are not as long as chapter books. In my opinion, it is a good book that everyone should give a try at reading it.