Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea (U)

In this riveting true adventure and informative guide to the sea, master storyteller Peter Benchley draws on more than four decades of diving experience to bring us face to face with the array of sharks and other marine animals he and his family have encountered, almost always on purpose but sometimes by accident.In direct and accessible prose, Peter sets the record straight about the many types of sharks (including the ones that pose a genuine threat to us), the behavior of sharks and other sea creatures we fear, the odds against an attack, and how to improve them even further. He also teaches us how to swim safely in the ocean by reading the tides and currents and respecting all the inhabitants. Here are the lessons Peter has learned, the mistakes he has made, the danger he has faced and the spectacular sights he has seen in the world s largest environment. The book includes 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.Publishers WeeklyFans of Peter Benchley, Philip Pullman and Roald Dahl will be pleased to learn about a trio of summer titles. The author of Jaws (who claims, all my life I have been fascinated by sharks) collects essays, arguments for why we need sharks, how to safely coexist with them, and how he came to write his bestselling novel in Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea by Peter Benchley, adapted for young people by Karen Wojtyla. He begins with a near-death encounter with a great white shark guaranteed to reel in readers; his respect and awe of sharks is evident from first page to last. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.