The Thing about Jellyfish (National Book Award Finalist), (Hardcover)

from howifeelaboutbooks

Suzy's best friend drowns while swimming on summer vacation. Not only did Suzy not get to say goodbye, the friends were fighting when the accident happened. Suzy stops talking, and becomes obsessed with jellyfish. She is determined to prove that a deadly jellyfish sting killed her former best fri...

from nrandles

The book is told through the eyes of Suzy, a 13 year old girl, who is navigating the challenges of 7th grade, specifically the social dynamics of middle school. Suzy has a harder time making friends as she is a little different than the rest of the girls at her grade level. She considers her chil...

from Lindsay_W

Half of the back cover of this book was taken up listing the various awards it has won and after reading it, I think they were well deserved. Suzanne is a bit of an outsider who is filled with regret about how a friendship with her former best friend ended. Unfortunately, the ending cannot be rew...

from bonniemarjorie

'The thing is, a person gets so few chances to really fix something, to make it right. When one of those opportunities comes along, you can't overthink it. You've got to grab hold of it and cling to it with all your might, no matter how cray cray it might seem.' When Suzy's mom sits her down to t...

from librarian1204

Middle school angst and the inability to accept the loss of a friend are combined in this very well written book. Suzy is devastated when her friend drowns and because the girls long time friendship had hit the middle school growing apart divide, Suzy wants to find a reason for her friend's death...