The Shark Callers

by Eric Campbell

Book Overview

After a volcano erupts two very different young men find themselves struggling for life in shark-infested waters and one must be sacrificed to the swarming blood lust of the sharks if the other is to survive. "The author's exceptional depiction of a volcanic eruption and its consequences adds curricular value to the book particularly as the town of Rabaul has been destroyed by two volcanoes that began erupting in September 1994."--Booklist

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152000100
• ISBN13: 9780152000103
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.4" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Shark Calllers a review by Chris

"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.

THE SHARK CALLERS

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.

pretty good

this book was pretty good. it too a while for things to get rolloing but once that happened it took off in a really good book.

This is a book full of twists and turns...It's Great!

If you're looking for a historically accurate, but still enjoyable book, you've hit the jackpot. The Shark Callers by Eric Campbell is the book for you! It keeps you on the edge of your seat, but at the same time, you get to know all of the characters, and when something happens to them, it happens to you too. You never know what's coming JUST around the corner, and the pivotal point at the end of the book is awesome. A wonderful book=)