The Thing About Jellyfish

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Ali Benjamin

This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting things don t just happen for no reason Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory even if it means traveling the globe, alone Suzy s achingly heartfelt journey explores life, death, the astonishing wonder of the universeand the potential for love and hope right next door Oddlot Entertainment has acquired the screen rights to The Thing About Jellyfish, with Gigi Pritzker set to produce with Bruna Papandrea and Reese Witherspoon. Free Download eBook The Thing About Jellyfish Author Ali Benjamin – kino-fada.fr Usually, I m annoyed with books that present a dead character in a story and even make them part of the main cast, because WE don t know them as well as the characters in the book do.But Ali Benjamin succeeded to make me care about Suzy s best friend who drowned and died, leaving her friendless and feeling alone.Except Suzy was already friendless even before her best friend died In the story, there is the past and the present The past focuses on the relationship between Suzy and her best frien Usually, I m ann...If people were silent, they could hear the noise of their own lives better If people were silent, it would make what they did say, whenever they chose to say it,important If people were silent, they could read one another s signals, the way underwater creatures flash lights at one another, or turn their skin different colorsAfter her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy refuses to speak, and she is determined to discover the true cause of why the unthinkable happened As shIf people were silent, they could hear the noise of their own lives better If people were silent, it would make what they did say, whenever they chose to say it,important If people were silent, they could read one another s signals, the way underwater creatures flash lights at one another, or turn their skin different colorsAfter her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy refuses to speak, and she is determined to discover the tr...This is THE BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK.If you want a book to feel uplifted and inspired this is a terrific choice written by very bright talented author Thank you Little Brown Young Readers , Netgalley, and a new favorite author Ali Benjamin for the opportunity to read this Ali Benjamin wrote a book to be very proud about she makes science come alive and has us fall deeply in love with our young narrator Middle School years are challenging years for kids My own 34year old d This is THE BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK.If you want a book to feel uplifted and inspired this is a terrific choice written by very bright talented author Thank you Little Brown Young Readers , Netgalley, a... The Thing About Jellyfish is the heartrending tale of Suzy Swanson, a little girl who just encountered the Worst Thing death To make sense of her grief, Suzy turns to the wonders of the universe and the dazzling expanse of her imagination Suzy s take on the world is both academic and poetic, despite her young age She has one of the most romantic worldviews yet encountered in a children s book I liked the way patterns repeated themselves in this universe, the way a solar system could resembl The Thing About Jellyfish is the heartrending tale of Suzy Swanson, a little girl who just encountered the Worst Thing death To make sense of her grief, Suzy turns...Find all of my reviews at SPOILER ISH That s a boldface lie I read this book months ago, but I suck at keeping up with reviews so I m just now getting around to saying something about it First things first this is a MIDDLE GRADE novel In case you re wondering I rate books according to how I feel they hold up when compared with others in their genre That being said, this is a very important middle grade story and y all can just color me imp Find all of my reviews at SPOILER ISH That s a boldface lie I read this book months ago, but I suck at keeping up with reviews so I m just now getting around to saying something about it First things first this is a MIDDLE GRADE novel In case you re wondering I rate books according to how I feel they hold up when compared with others in their genre That being said, this is a very important middle grade story and y all can just color me impressed At surface level The Thing About Jellyfish is the story of Suzy a young girl who is informed that her best friend died in a drowning ...I liked the narrative voice, and at first I was intrigued by the connections drawn to jellyfish But there were a LOT of jellyfishy facts, and I kept wondering why I didn t feel anything for this story of a girl who s so traumatized by her former best friend s death that she will no longer speak Then I finished it, and found the author s note at the end, which says that the story was born from failure because it started out as a nonfiction essay about her fascination with jellyfish That mad I liked the narrative voice, and at first I was intrigued by the connections drawn to jellyfish But there were a LOT of jellyfishy facts, and I kept wondering why I didn t feel anything for this story of a girl who s so traumatized by her former best friend s death that she will no longer speak Then I finished it, and found the author s note at the end, which says that the story was born from failure because it started out as a nonfiction essay about her fascination with jellyfish That made a lot of things click into place for me, because the alternating chapters with the actual story that told of Suzy s fractured friendship with Fr...There s no single right way to say goodbye to someone you love But the most important thing is that you keep some part of them inside youThe Thing About Jellyfish is a heartfelt and touching story of grief, acceptance, friendship, family and fitting in A profound novel with a plausible voice of a girl who grieved of her loss and sought for the answers at the same time.It is a middle grade novel that centers to Suzy Swanson and her mission to unravel the mystery or prove her theory behinThere s no single right way to say goodbye to someone you love But the most important thing is that you keep some part of them inside youThe Thing About Jelly...Review also on But a person doesn t always know the difference between a new beginning and a forever sort of ending Suzy Swanson stopped talking when her best friend Franny died in a drowning accident Channeling her lingering guilt over her last encounter with Franny and grief, Suzy turns to silence and science Refusing to take her mother s stoic explanation that things just happen, Suzy shuts everybody out and obsessively works out a grandiose plan to prove that a jellyfish sting is the re Review also on But a person doesn t always know the difference between a new beginning and a forever sort of ending Suzy Swanson stopped talking when her best friend Franny died in a drowning accident Channeling her lingering guilt over her last encounter with Franny and grief, Suzy turns to silence and science Refusing to take her mother s stoic explanation that things just happen, Suzy shuts everybody out and obsessively works out a grandiose plan to prove that a jellyfish sting is the real reason for her best friend s death.I hate to say this, but we ve all been or will be Suzy Swanson at some point in our lives We all have our first times with grief I remember m...The Thing About Jellyfish, Ali Benjamin 1395 288 9786008111474 21 1395 264 9786003532380 1395 3 The Thing About Jellyfish, Ali Benjamin 1395 288 9786008111474 21 1395 264 9786003532380 1395 306 9786002964564

English
10 October 2017

Ali Benjamin