Jaws of the Jersey Shore

🦈 The true stories behind the legend. Long before Jaws terrified moviegoers, the Jersey Shore had real shark stories of its own — and this book dives into all of them.

Adapted for young readers from Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore, Patricia Heyer explores the history and lore of shark encounters along New Jersey's coast: the first recorded attack in 1842, the bloody attacks of 1960, and the horrific summer of 1916, when seven attacks in two weeks gave sharks their man-eating reputation — and later inspired a certain famous novel and movie.

• Middle-grade nonfiction — thrilling but written for younger readers
• Paperback, 112 pages · Arcadia Children's Books (2024)
• Author Patricia Heyer, New Jersey local-history and folklore writer