High School Teachers Use Giant Shark To Entice Teens to Read West Palm Beach, FL. March 1, 2019 – Before The MEG (starring Jason Statham) was the #1 summer movie in the U.S. and the world, the novel the story was based upon was being used by reading, language arts, English, and science teachers to get their students to read. Best-selling author Steve Alten recalls the initial response he received from teens who picked up the book when it was first released back in 1997. “I must have received hundreds of emails from students, and they all contained the same message, ‘I hated reading… until I read MEG.’ A few months later teachers…