Thing about Jellyfish
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It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did. Suzy is twelve when her best friend, Franny, drowns one summer at the beach. It takes two days for the news to reach Suzy, and it's not something that she can accept: Franny has always been a strong swimmer, from the day they met in swim class when they were just five. How can someone all of a sudden, just no longer be there?Suzy realizes that they must have got it wrong: Franny didn't just drown - she was stung by a poisonous jellyfish. This makes a lot more sense to Suzy's logical mind than a random drowning - cause: a jellyfish sting; effect: death. Suzy's journey to acceptance is quiet - she resolves to either say something important, or say nothing at all. But it's also bursting with bittersweet humour, heart-breaking honesty, big ideas and small details. The Thing About Jellyfish is an astonishing debut novel from Ali Benjamin, and is perfect for fans of Wonder, Counting By 7s and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Benjamin
EAN: 9781447291251
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 240 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
WIDTH: 131 cm
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Book Themes:
Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
A painful story smartly told, Benjamin's first solo novel has appeal well beyond a middle-school audience, A moving portrayal of loss and healing, Benjamin explores the heartbreaking subject of grief in the young with dreamy, meditative and elegiac prose, This is a heartbreakingly touching debut about friendship, loss, fear and love that is funny, clever and beautifully written, [an] intense and nuanced tale of friendship, revenge and youthful resourcefulness
Ali Benjamin has written for the Boston Globe Magazine, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, and Sesame Street. Ali is a member of the New England Science Writers.When not working, Ali wrangles children, drinks too much coffee, sometimes runs, hangs out with friendly dogs, gazes at electron microscopy images of bugs, and teaches kids about storytelling and writing. She serves scrambled eggs for dinner far too often.
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It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did. Suzy is twelve when her best friend, Franny, drowns one summer at the beach. It takes two days for the news to reach Suzy, and it's not something that she can accept: Franny has always been a strong swimmer, from the day they met in swim class when they were just five. How can someone all of a sudden, just no longer be there?Suzy realizes that they must have got it wrong: Franny didn't just drown - she was stung by a poisonous jellyfish. This makes a lot more sense to Suzy's logical mind than a random drowning - cause: a jellyfish sting; effect: death. Suzy's journey to acceptance is quiet - she resolves to either say something important, or say nothing at all. But it's also bursting with bittersweet humour, heart-breaking honesty, big ideas and small details. The Thing About Jellyfish is an astonishing debut novel from Ali Benjamin, and is perfect for fans of Wonder, Counting By 7s and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ali Benjamin
EAN: 9781447291251
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 240 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
WIDTH: 131 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Ali Benjamin has written for the Boston Globe Magazine, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, and Sesame Street. Ali is a member of the New England Science Writers.When not working, Ali wrangles children, drinks too much coffee, sometimes runs, hangs out with friendly dogs, gazes at electron microscopy images of bugs, and teaches kids about storytelling and writing. She serves scrambled eggs for dinner far too often.
