The Shark God

Title: The Shark God
Author: Rafe Martin

Illustrator: David Shannon
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 2nd-6th
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books

Date of Publication: 2001
ISBN: 0-590-39500-9

Synopsis: This story is a retelling of a Hawaiian legend about the Shark God.  Two children save a shark that is entangled in nets.  Later, they anger the king by playing his drum, which is forbidden.  The king imprisons the children.  Their parents ask for help from the Shark God.  The children are saved, and the kingdom is destroyed.

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Possible Teaching Points: 1) Native American legends, 2) Hawaiian legends, 3) Polynesian legends, 4) sharks