Peter Benchley's Jaws Report

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Have you ever had your blood pumping or heart racing while reading a book? If not then Peter Benchley’s book will make that happen. Peter Benchley was born May 08, 1940 in New York, he has written many books and many of them have been made into movies. But his most famous book is “Jaws”, yes it was a book before Steven Spielberg made it into a movie. “Jaws” the book was very famous it sold about 20 million copies, this famous book is about a killer shark in a seaside resort in Long Island in Amity. Benchley has a very unique style he is very descriptive and catches the reader's attention with ease, gets their blood pumping and leaves them on the edge of their seat. Peter Benchley is a very interesting writer he is the type of

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