The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

An extraordinary debut about a twelve-year-old girl coming to terms with her best friend's death in the only way she knows how.

A painful story smartly told, Benjamin's first solo novel has appeal well beyond a middle-school audience * Kirkus Reviews Starred Review *
A moving portrayal of loss and healing * Publishers Weekly Starred Review *
Benjamin explores the heartbreaking subject of grief in the young with dreamy, meditative and elegiac prose * The New York Times *
This is a heartbreakingly touching debut about friendship, loss, fear and love that is funny, clever and beautifully written * Daily Mail *
[an] intense and nuanced tale of friendship, revenge and youthful resourcefulness * Guardian *
One of the most beautifully written debuts I've read in a really long time -- Sophie * So Many Books, So Little Time *

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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ISBN 13	9781447291251
ISBN 10	1447291255
Title	The Thing about Jellyfish
Author	Ali Benjamin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2016-09-22
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Short-listed for UKLA 7-11 Category 2017 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.