The Shark Callers

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Summary: The Shark Calllers a review by Chris
Review: "Kaleku was hurled out. He spun briefly, arms and legs flailing as uselessly as a rag doll's, and plunged, with a crash, into the sea.
Thrashing to the surface, he had time only to see the fins racing toward him.
He screamed only once before he died.
And as he died, a vivid picture flashed across his brain.
A picture of a stone shark, goast-gray under the moon, it's carved mouth open, its white teeth luminous in the cold light.
And on its teeth, a scarlet stain of blood."
I highly encourage you to read this wonderful book called The Shark Callers written and illustrated by Eric Campbell.
This book is about a boating family. The family has a son named Andy, a daughter named Sally, and a mother and father. They know that Quintana, their boat, will look after them. But the island they are banked on, has a volcano ready to erupt. The island was on Purple alert. The next one would be Red alert. Evacuate!!
There is also another story going on at the same time, but only in the past. Fifty years before the Thomsons had arrived at the island, Old Sea Bird and Kaleku were Shark Callers. The top of Old Sea Bird's hut was covered with shark fins from which he had hunted sharks, and growing in the back of it was brus, or tobacco. The Shark Callers made canoes from wood, rattles made of coconut shells called larungs, and floats made for snaring sharks, called kasamans. Their problem was that there was a great tsunami, or tidal wave, coming their way. But you will have to read the book yourself to find out what happens.

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Summary: The Shark Callers
Review: The Shark Callers is not only pointless but is also without a message. It is about two boys who lead two different paths. They do not interact at all during the course of the book. At the end of the book when Kaleku is killed, Eric Campbell explains that he was giving his life in order to save Andy's. Kaleku had no knowledge that Andy was near him or that Andy's life was in danger. He was simply doing what he set out to do; hunt sharks. Whats more, it is without an ending. There is an Epilouge in which the writer describes what hapens to the characters. In conclusion, this book just flat out confused me.

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Summary: THE SHARK CALLERS
Review: This is a pretty good book and I would reccomend it to anyone who likes action and adventure. When I say adventure I mean volcanoes, sharks, tidal waves, earthquakes, the whole 9 yards. It is a great book. It is a fast read. Nothing hard, except that there are some words that are hard that you have to look up in the glossary for. I didn't like that part. It is a really good read though and deserves a lot of credit.