This book is so awful it makes a hilarious read-aloud, as my friend and I discovered when we found this used copy at Third Place Books. Intended for a juvenile audience the book's terrible writing and garish descriptions of blood and mayhem are not for the faint of heart. With titles like "Perilous Pool Party" and "The Last Wave", you just know things are not going to end well for the luckless swimmers and surfers in this ocean. I'm not saying shark attacks are funny. However, check out this short excerpt from "The Last Wave":
"I'll see you later, chicken," (Todd)said, raising his arm to wave. Ryan had seen the shark before Todd had even lowered his arm. The water seemed to boil around his brother's board as the huge grey shape rose from the bottom and hit like a runaway train---a train with jaws like two monstrous chain saws."
Try it the next time you go to the beach!