Grouper Moon

by Cynthia Shaw and Cynthia Shaw

Book Overview

Set against Grouper Moon, the annual Nassau grouper spawning aggregation, this delightful story comes complete with action, adventure, romance and accurate science. The plot follows Cooper, an affable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967059526
• ISBN13: 9780967059525
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Aurelia Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Grooper moon

Hello my name is Keazia and I thought that the book grooper moon was a good book because the author Synthia Shaw gave her readers (you) the feling that Renny had while he was in the reef and you feal like you are in the reaf encountering all the beauty right there with him in the reef. Renny is the main charecter. He loves the sea and the liveing animals in the sea. the story starts out on a beautiful christmas morning in coconut cove, where Renn lives over looking the sea. During the story I felt happy, and consurnd abought what was going to happen to the Grooprs. The story made me realise how easly resources can run out and if they do how bad it can be for the inverment. I thought that the book grooper moon is like the book Hoot, they are both trying to save animals and consurve nature. I liked that Renny was able to shair his reef with other people so everybody can experence the buty of the reef. I think that anyone who likes enviromental books or wood like to read books abought animals would like to read the book Grooper Moon.

Unleash the Magic and Adventure in Grouper Moon!!!

When Renny swims past the drop off, his life changes for all time. His tense body swims downward,toward the secret. A strange fish appears, leading the boy inward. Suddenly, Renny has vanished and has been engulfed in a magical world unknown to the human kind. What will happen to Renny if this mysterious place? You'll have to read to find out!!! Cooper is a curious Nassau Grouper, a scarce tropical fish. Little does he know that his kind is in severe danger and is on the verge of becoming a tropical dinner for some hungry human.When he embarks on a legendary journey of his own kind, fishermen prepare for this gathering. What will become of Cooper??? Renny is yet worried again. With an understanding lesson with a fish biologist, Renny becomes concerned about the scarce Nassau Grouper, and endangered fish. And with the arrival of the nearing Grouper Moon, the fishermen will stop at nothing to catch their long-waited grouper.What will Renny do?? What will happen to the Groupers,and will they survive??? Find out in GROUPER MOON by Cynthia Shaw!

Grouper Moon Book Report

I read the book Grouper Moon, and I thought it was a pretty good book. The two main characters were Cooper the Nassau Grouper, and Renny Thomas a boy. The story takes place on a tropical island in the Caribbean, called Macquerupa. The story starts out on Christmas when Renny gets a new pair of fins. He was a fish and water-loving boy, so he went straight to the reef to try them out. When Renny goes swimming he finds a magical reef with a grotto past the drop-off. In this grotto he can talk to fish and he does not have to breath. This is where he meets Cooper. They become friends immediately. When Renny hears that grouper moon is coming up, a time when all the groupers gather together and spawn he is excited. His feelings soon change when he hears what bad condition the groupers are in. His feeling gets worse when he finds out that almost all the fishermen on the island are going to set traps to catch these good tasting fish. How will the story end up? Read the book to find out! I think you should read this book because it is a page-turner. You never know what is going to happen next. This book also has a mysterious but happy ending that I liked a lot. I loved most of the characters and the plot of this book. Though it didn't focus enough on Renny and some of the other human characters. A reader who likes magical places and talking fish would love this book.

Heartily recommended reading.

Grouper Moon is a science adventure novel for young people. It is set in a beautiful, largely unspoiled Carribean island community that is likely to be developed as a tourist attraction. Wearing his treasured gift of a pair of used diving fins Renny, an adventuresome boy, swims beyond the reef drop-olff and into an underwater grotto, thus embarking on a startling adventure that will affect the sea life and the human community. Shaw's straightforward way of telling the story, without metaphor or allusion, gives the book a sense of authenticity, like good reporting, as she deftly weaves several themes into the narrative. She shows great skill as the story drifts flawlessly between fantasy and reality, a device that allows the reader to share several points of view. She treats all the characters with sympathy and dignity as they struggle with the impending commercial development of their island. She packs considerable information about the wildlife and the local culture into a delightful, sometimes funny, sometimes suspenseful story. As rich in detail as an illumination and with color so realistic one immediately has a sense of the movement of life underwater the cover illustration is nothing less than superb. Many illustrations of this kind are generalized or impressionistic, but this is accurate and beautiful at once. It deserves a key so that we can identify the dozens of plants and animals depicted. It is artistically and scientifically beautiful. If there is one lesson to be learned from this book it might be summed up by the teacher's comment, "Just think of what has been accomplished by individuals working together, with a bit of time and patience." In a nicely paced, complex story, that is what this book is about. "Cooper loved his life on the reef." I loved this book and heartily recommend it for its positive solutions to difficult problems, its sense of adventure, and its scientific accuracy.

Life on the Reef

First, the cover is so rich in color and detail it is a pleasure to let one's eyes wander, discovering all those life forms. The cover is as beautiful and precise as an illumination and the sense of movement under water is effective. So many illustrations of this kind are generalized but Shaw has combined accuracy with feeling, quite an accomplishment. This novel is written with authority and charm. the narrative drifts flawlessly between fantasy and reality. Without being didactic or political Shaw raises issues that are real for all of us and she treats all the characters with sympathy and dignity. Her honest, straightforward way of telling the stories of Renny the boy and Cooper the fish, without metaphor or allusion, gives the book a sense of authenticity, like good reporting, as she deftly weaves several themes into the larger narrative. If there is a larger lesson to be learned it might be summed up by the teacher's comment, "Just think of what has been accomplished by individuals working together, with a bit of time and patience. In a nicely paced, complex story that is what this book is about. "Cooper loved his life on the reef." I loved this book.