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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…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Random House Children's Books · 9780307545749
  • Other · English · 2007
    Yearling · 208 pages · 9780440419549
  • Other · English · 2007
    Paw Prints · 9781442034259
  • Other · English · 2005
    Delacorte Books for Young Readers · 193 pages · 9780385901352
  • Other · English · 2005
    Delacorte Books for Young Readers · 208 pages · 9780385731096
  • Other · English · 2005
    Delacorte Press · 9780375836503
Juvenile NonfictionNatureNonfictionScienceSharksShark attacksJuvenile literatureDangerous marine animals