Surviving the Wild
Sunny the Shark
by Remy Lai
Henry Holt and Company, 2022. 108 pages.
Review written January 11, 2023, from a library book
Surviving the Wild is a graphic novel series about endangered animals based on actual things that have happened to animals in the wild. The star of this book, Sunny, is an oceanic whitetip shark who gets a plastic balloon tie wrapped around her in a way she can’t get it off. As she grows, it cuts into her body and even slips over her dorsal fin so she can’t swim properly.
Sunny is accompanied by pilot fish that clean her body and her teeth. But when Sunny stops feeding, so do the pilot fish.
This sweet and short story puts a face on an abstract problem of too much plastic in the ocean and helps kids understand the danger it poses to wildlife. The graphic novel format makes it all the more accessible to young beginning readers.
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