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The Butcher

Story Stats

Rating: 3
Grade Level: 5, 6, 7, 8
Page count: 17

Author

Theodore
Taylor

Appeared in

Rogue Wave and Other Red-Blooded Sea Stories

Story Summary

When Michael turned nineteen he decided it was time to make good his vow to kill "The Butcher", the great white shark that had taken his father's life nine years earlier.