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Shark summer / by Ira Marcks ; color assistance by Emily Argoff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 288 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316461382
  • 0316461385
  • 9780316461443
  • 031646144X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle Blue Streak Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island's own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface."--Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Summer Reading | Shark week
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Graphic Novel SHARK SUMMER Available 33111010582738
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Graphic Novel SHARK SUMMER Available 33111010523161
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Marcks...has accomplished an unusual feat with cinematic homage" -- The New York Times Book Review

"Distinct and relatable...a lovely read" --Molly Knox Ostertag, bestselling creator of the Witch Boy series

When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle "Blue Streak" Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever.

After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island's own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.

"When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle Blue Streak Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island's own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface."--Provided by publisher.

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