*** Kirkus Review: November 23rd,2010 

     Grimshaw's first outing as an author tells the factually based fish story of a great white shark who winds up

trapped by a fisherman's harpoon, and the resulting standoff of man versus nature.

Told from the shark's point of view,Grimshaw's story focuses on Ward, a 27-foot-Iong great white shark

traveling with his family along the coast of Long Island. While feeding on tuna, Ward becomes careless,

running into the Floodtide, a charter boat on a shark hunting mission.. The Floodtide manages to spear

Ward, who, though strong, knows that his death is certain unless he can escape the boat to which he's

tethered. Calling on his wife and child for help, Ward must race against time to outwit the ship's captain as

the fishermen close in. And when things get desperate, he turns to. his friend Michale, a swordfish who

knows a lot about humans, to get him out of the mess. As a pilot in the Montauk, N.Y., area, Grimshaw

certainly knows the world he's writing about. His enthusiasm for the subject matter comes through in his

descriptions of the shark's  world as well as of fishing culture.. Grimshaw attempts to humanize the lives of

fish as a way to share facts without getting too textbook-like in his approach, with mixed results. At times

the details he focuses on are to the detriment of the narrative flow. More focus on the characters''

relationships to each other and lessllon the longitude and latitude of every location would help draw the reader in. Additionally,,although the book is touted as "a true story" (and research shows there was certainly

a massive shark that was almost hooked in the mid- '70s), even the least critical reader would be hardpressed to call the ending sequence believable.

***Regardless of the liberties taken, the book is good foryounger readers with an interest in predators and the natural world.

                          A fun piece of New York historyy told in an unusual way.