Shark Attacks Of 1916

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"The Shark Attacks of 1916" is about a boy named Chet who gets attacked by a shark after many events that made him think that sharks wouldn't attack a human. The main characters of the book are Chet, who is visiting his Uncle Jerry in New Jersey, and Chet's new friends Sid, Monty, and Dewey. The attacks took place in Elm Hills, New Jersey in the Matawan Creek in July of 1916. The problem of the story is no one believing a shark can attack a human in a creek miles away from the ocean. In the beginning of the story Chet, Sid, Monty, and Dewey find a newspaper article saying a shark attacked a human, Uncle Jerry said it was a lie and that something like that would never happen. The next week at Matawan creek, Monty wore a fake shark fin and preteneded

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