Sharks in the time of saviors /

In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking...

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Main Author: Washburn, Kawai Strong, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020].
Edition:First edition.
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