The Shark Whisperer, a new middle grade series by Ellen Prager, with illustrations by Antonio Javier Caparo, released yesterday, May 1, 2014.  To help promote this incredible ocean tale, Scarletta Junior Readers, an imprint of Scarletta Press, has released a sneak peek for Kid Lit Reviews’ loyal readers, visitors, and friends.

“Follow Tristan Hunt and his friends on a series of fun, action-packed adventures in the ocean. They soon learn that they have strange, but exciting ocean powers and their summer camp is really the training ground for secret teenage undersea agents. Their powers are the key to keeping the ocean safe, and each book finds Tristan and his friends facing even more dangerous missions.”

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Dr. Ellen Prager is a marine scientist and author, formerly the chief scientist at the world’s only undersea research station in the Florida Keys. With her ability to make science fun and understandable for people of all ages, she has built a national reputation as a spokesperson on earth and ocean science issues. Dr. Prager has participated in research expeditions to locations such as the Galapagos Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and throughout the Caribbean. She now acts as the science advisor to the Celebrity Cruise ship Xpedition in the Galapagos. She lives in Miami, Florida, where she spends her time writing, consulting, and spending as much time on and in the ocean.

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Antonio Javier Caparo is an illustrator, comic artist, and graphic designer. His works have been published in children’s books, young reader books, and magazines in North America, South America, and Europe.

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Get  copy of The Shark Whisperer, Book 1:Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians at Amazon—B&N—Book Depository—Scarletta Junior Readers—your local bookstore.

The Shark Whisperer, Book 1:Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians

by Dr. Ellen Prager      http://www.earth2ocean.net/

illustrations by Antonio Javier Caparo   http://www.antoniocaparo.com/ 

Scarletta Junior Readers       5/01/2014

978-1-938063-44-2

Age 8 to 12       288 pages