Floating Misery: Portuguese Man-of-war Attack
Floating Misery: Portuguese Man-of-war Attack
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Bearport Publishing
Just the Series: Danger Below!   

Series and Publisher: Danger Below!   

Annotation: "A fun swim in the ocean takes a dramatic turn when a beachgoer finds out that he's not swimming alone. Follow the story of man versus Portuguese man-of-war in this gripping graphic novel"-- cProvided by publisher.
Genre: [Graphic novels] [Biology]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #212104
Format: Library Binding
Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 08/01/20
Illustrator: Anderson, Cassie,
Pages: 24 pages
ISBN: 1-647-47052-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-647-47052-4
Dewey: 593.5
LCCN: 2020008651
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2020)

The Danger Below! series (6 titles) is not for the faint of heart. Each of these high-interest volumes introduces basic facts by way of an intense fiction comic, divided into three brief chapters, about people being "attacked" by specific deep-sea creatures (it's made clear that the animals aren't intentionally hurting humans). Floating Misery! sees a lifeguard getting entangled in the long, stinging tentacles of a Portuguese-man o' war. Each comic intersperses facts naturally enough into dialogue and captions, as well as in a back-matter spread that pairs more information about the subject with full-color photography. Anderson's illustrations are made accessible for early-level readers thanks to simple paneling, clear visual cues, and limited detail. Despite blood spurts, scarring, and other very real consequences to the underwater attacks, all the victims here pull through, and Buckley includes some information on surviving, namely applying vinegar to stingers and getting to a hospital. Back matter rounds things out with a glossary, index, further reading, and examples of similarly dangerous fish. Brisk, visual storytelling makes these dramatic shorts suitable to a certain kind of high/low reader interested in specific marine life.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: 3-6
Lexile: GN550L

A fun swim in the ocean takes a dramatic turn when a beachgoer finds out that he's not swimming alone. Follow the story of man versus Portuguese man-of-war in this gripping graphic novel.


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