MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL : Great White Shark Adventure by James O. Fraioli
ABOUT THE BOOK
Two young explorers join Fabien Cousteau and his team to get up close and personal with great white sharks in this start to a series of graphic adventure novels.
Junior explorers Bella and Marcus join famed explorer Fabien Cousteau and his research team as they embark on an ocean journey off the coast of South Africa, where the world’s largest concentrations of great white sharks are found. Their mission is to investigate a sighting of a massive white shark, and tag it so they can track and protect it. Along the way, they’ll encounter whales, seals, dolphins, penguins, and a colorful array of other marine life. They’ll also enter a shark cage and come face to face with these powerful creatures.
Dramatic, graphic illustrations and a compelling story help young readers discover tons of facts about sharks and other marine creatures. Children will also learn the many damaging myths about sharks, why they are so misunderstood, and what is being done to protect them from further exploitation and possible extinction.
REVIEW
Based on the real-life adventures ocean explorers, Great White Shark Adventure follows Bella and Marcus as they accompany a fictionalized Fabien Cousteau on an expedition to find a reported massive great white shark off the coast of South Africa. A lot of factual information is mixed in with the story, although none of it is officially documented in the book and should be taken as approximately in accordance with accepted science beliefs and data. As the expedition sets out to find and tag a large great white, the kids learn about the physical characteristics of great white sharks and how they live. The kids even get inside a shark cage to observe the sharks swimming nearby. When the shark the expedition is looking for doesn't materialize, they get out a decoy to try to attract her. The next day, one of the scientists climbs inside a decoy that looks like a large seal (fiction, no scientist would do this in real life, it would be too risky). When the large shark they are looking for still hasn't appeared, they send out a robotic shark sub. While the story has been fictionalized and isn't 100% believable (if only finding treasure and enormous sharks were so easy), it does make for a fun adventure tale, especially for young readers who are fascinated by sharks. If you have a young reader in your life that enjoys Shark Week, they are bound to enjoy reading this graphic novel.
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