Ten-year-old Chet Roscow is beginning to feel at home staying in Elm Hills, New Jersey, with his Uncle Jerry while his parents are away on business. Then Chet hears news about a great white shark attacking swimmers along the Jersey shore. Chet thinks he's safe in Matawan Creek but then he has a close encounter with the shark.
year: 2010
call number/section: 1000, 2, 741.5, 920
subjects: sharks, fiction, animal attacks, adventure fiction, historical fiction, new jersey, history, fiction, shark attacks, juvenile fiction, new jersey, seashore, history, adventure and adventurers, audiobooks, 20th century, juvenile fiction, seashore, new jersey, historical fiction, action and adventure fiction, children's audiobooks
Editions
Tarshis, Lauren
Scholastic Press (2010)
In the summer of 1916, Chet Roscow, 10, is captivated by news of great white shark attacks up and down the Atlantic coast, not far from his hometown. Then one day, while swimming with his friends, Chet sees something in the water.
Schools: 30
Tarshis, Lauren
Ten-year-old Chet Roscow is beginning to feel at home staying in Elm Hills, New Jersey, with his Uncle Jerry while his parents are away on business. Then Chet hears news about a great white shark attacking swimmers along the Jersey shore. Chet thinks he's safe in Matawan Creek but then he has a close encounter with the shark.
Schools: 110
Tarshis, Lauren
Findaway World
Ten-year-old Chet Roscow, who had been thrilled by the news of an aggressive great white shark attacking people all along the Atlantic coast, goes swimming with his friends in Springfield, New Jersey, one day, and wonders if he sees a shark in the water.
Schools: 0
Tarshis, Lauren
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.
Schools: 0