Paperback. An epic battle between a boy, a boat and a sharkAn epic battle between a boy, a boat and a sharkWith a crack as though her back was breaking the dory lurched downwards. Christos felt himself twist, then fall inexorably, towards the head of the inquisitive shark.For his birthday, Christos takes his father's mackerel dory on his first solo trip. He plans to fish and then camp overnight on a local island. But things go terribly, terrifyingly wrong when Christos runs the dory aground on a reef, attracting a four-metre tiger shark as company for the most harrowing night of his life - a night during which he decides what he would be willing to die for. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: To Die For (Paperback)
Publisher: Random House Australia, Milsons Point
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1742757456
ISBN 13: 9781742757452
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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An epic battle between a boy, a boat, and a shark, with extra material including a fact page on tiger sharks, a black and white diagram of a dory, and a list of suggested reads

For his birthday, Christos takes his father's mackerel dory on his first solo trip. He plans to fish and then camp overnight on a local island. But things go terribly, terrifyingly wrong when Christos runs the dory aground on a reef, attracting a 12-foot tiger shark as company for the most harrowing night of his life—a night during which he decides what he would be willing to die for.

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Mark Svendsen is a poet and the author of Captain Me, Circus Carnivore, Poison Under Their Lips, as well as many other books for children and young adults.

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