- Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Laurel-Leaf Books; Reprint edition (May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440228034
- ISBN-13: 978-0440228035
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.6 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,683,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Mokes is 12, and he knows he's supposed to stay out of town Saturday night when the Navy comes ashore. But tonight's the night when his hero, tough-guy Booley, has vowed to get revenge on a sailor. He's got to be there! One problem: Mokes's Dad is the chief of police.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A sad commentary on the personal morality of adolescents. Possessing a strong understanding of good and evil, Mokes still makes the wrong choices. In my opinion, this book sends a terrible message to young people, as the negative consequences of the main character's actions are not fully played out. Well-written, but I take offense with the lack of character of Mokes.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Shark Bait
Shark Bait is a fiction book written by GrahamSalisbury that takes place near the ocean in Hawaii. This book has 151 pages. The title, Shark Bait, is a metaphor used to describe Mokes because his father is a police officer. Graham Salisbury captures the lifestyles of the local children of Hawaii. This book can be enjoyable for people of all ages. The Pidgin dialect and Hawaiian words would be interesting for the people (mostly children) of Hawaii, yet this book might be difficult for people who live somewhere else to understand. Local children or teenagers can relate to Mokes's life. Shark Bait is mostly about the loyalty Mokes shares with his friends. END
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
who's the shark?
13 Dec 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
kids from ages 6-12will enjoy this book shrk bait. If the teenager read this big 50 percent will like it and 50 percent wont like it. the book is about a boy named Eric who is a freshman in high school who is about to find out that his life is not the best.he is goin to get in a lot of trouble. booleyis the biger stronger guy in thier small gang. he is about to find out that guns are not to play with. in this book Eric seems to be the daddys boy and he wants to show hes friends that he is not. This book is recomended to ages 6-12. I give it one thumb up and a B-.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Graham Salisbury really makes it with Shark Bait
12 Dec 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I wonder when I will ever read a book like Shark Bait again. This book, written by Graham Salisbury, tells the story of a teenage boy who comes to a point where he has to make a decision between obeying his dad's orders or disobeing. The weird thing about this book is that the whole story takes place during one single day. This also makes it a different kind of book, which I liked a lot because it was a story written in a different way. It always kept my attention to the end of the book. I'll just wait until maybe one day there will be a Shark Bait 2 or something that will keep teenagers' attention like Shark Bait did.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
better than lord of the deep
5 Nov 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
-I recommend this good and enjoyable story.
-I listened to the audiobook, which is read by the author, and the main problem w/ it is that while the author is obviously quite familiar with Hawaiian pidgin English and can write it well, he is not quite up to the task of speaking it aloud. Almost but not quite. Perhaps some Hawaiians have his pidgin accent, but the majority do not. But, having said that, the author does do a credible and competent job as the reader.
-I also listened to Lord of the Deep by the same author. It has a different reader, but the problem is the same - the pidgin accent is not quite accurate. Or at least not representative of how most locals speak.
-Speaking of Lord of the Deep, that story was as good and as enjoyable as Shark Bait - except for the end, which I thought was terrible and which completely ruined the book for me. If not for the ending, I would've recommended it.
-I would like to meet the author someday and ask him about the ending.
-the author's strength is his writing ability. He writes realistically and describes Hawaii well. His story sense is not as good. Or at least his philosophy of story is different from mine.
-but I'm only acquainted w/ these two books. I plan to read (or listen to) all of his books.
-I listened to the audiobook, which is read by the author, and the main problem w/ it is that while the author is obviously quite familiar with Hawaiian pidgin English and can write it well, he is not quite up to the task of speaking it aloud. Almost but not quite. Perhaps some Hawaiians have his pidgin accent, but the majority do not. But, having said that, the author does do a credible and competent job as the reader.
-I also listened to Lord of the Deep by the same author. It has a different reader, but the problem is the same - the pidgin accent is not quite accurate. Or at least not representative of how most locals speak.
-Speaking of Lord of the Deep, that story was as good and as enjoyable as Shark Bait - except for the end, which I thought was terrible and which completely ruined the book for me. If not for the ending, I would've recommended it.
-I would like to meet the author someday and ask him about the ending.
-the author's strength is his writing ability. He writes realistically and describes Hawaii well. His story sense is not as good. Or at least his philosophy of story is different from mine.
-but I'm only acquainted w/ these two books. I plan to read (or listen to) all of his books.
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