Shark Attack!: Bethany Hamilton's Story of Survival

by Tim O'Shei

Describes how 13-year old surfer Bethany Hamily survived an attack by a tiger shark that took her left arm.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[A Allen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Similar books written about Bethany and published around this time are preferable to me. I find it funny that Chapter 1 is titled "From Peace To Panic" and then later in the book it says, "Bethany was not panicked. She was just focused on getting out of the water. When facing a deadly situation, some people ignore pain and focus on simply staying alive. Scientists call this the survival instinct."

[Kiki · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read Bethany Hamilton's book "Soul Surfer" (which by the way it really good.) I thought this book was good, but I believe some of the facts were off a bit.

[Cheri]

I used this for a 2nd Grade Reading Group. We were looking at the Five Mindset Stances: Empathy, Flexibility, Resilience, Persistence and Optimism. This week was Resilience - Bouncing Back and Recovering from setbacks or failures. When you have trouble, you can bounce back again.