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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Book 2 of I Survived

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It is book 2 of the I Survived series. (laurentarshis.com; read November 6, 2026)
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Book 3 is I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005. (laurentarshis.com; read November 6, 2026) I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 ... I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 148-page hardcover from Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, ISBN 9781338120950. (Library of Congress, its record of another edition; read November 6, 2026) 9781338120950 ... hardcover ... 148 pages ... Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic

What I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 is about

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  • Chet Roscow is at last settling in to his uncle's small New Jersey town, where he and three new friends cool off in the creek. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle's little New Jersey town
  • Then word comes that a huge shark is going after swimmers off the Jersey Shore nearby. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) A massive shark has been attacking swimmers in the ocean along the Jersey Shore

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  • New Jersey
  • Seashore

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  • Children's

Other books in I Survived

26 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
  2. Book 3: I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
  3. Book 4: I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
  4. Book 5: I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
  5. Book 6: I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001
  6. Book 7: I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
  7. Book 8: I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011
  8. Book 9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
  9. Book 10: I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
  10. Book 11: I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
  11. Book 12: I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011
  12. Book 13: I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937
  13. Book 14: I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
  14. Book 15: I Survived the American Revolution, 1776
  15. Book 16: I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888
  16. Book 17: I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967
  17. Book 18: I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
  18. Book 19: I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919
  19. Book 20: I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
  20. Book 21: I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900
  21. Book 22: I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910
  22. Book 23: I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
  23. Book 24: I Survived the Black Death, 1348
  24. Book 25: I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935
  25. Book 26: I Survived the Night of the Lions, 2025

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