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Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham
Shark Girl
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Now in paperback— A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive.On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then... show more
Now in paperback— A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive.On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything — absolutely everything — changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her — that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780763646271 (076364627X)
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Series: Shark Girl (#1)
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SakuraMorimoto
SakuraMorimoto rated it
i liked this book although it was kinda...teen. also i have to warn you that this is a novel in verse...i liked how the girl described her feeling through the book about her hand and her family and her friends and everyone it was just moving at some points. this book made me appreciate the things th...
SakuraMorimoto
SakuraMorimoto rated it
3.0 Shark Girl
i liked this book although it was kinda...teen. also i have to warn you that this is a novel in verse...i liked how the girl described her feeling through the book about her hand and her family and her friends and everyone it was just moving at some points. this book made me appreciate the things th...
A Date with a Book
A Date with a Book rated it
3.0
I’ve had this book on my Kindle for a while. I watched the movie over the holidays and decided I would read the book. Little did I know the two were not related. However, I really enjoyed the book. There were a lot of similarities between the two.The author has written the story more like a diary fr...
kyleInMotion
kyleInMotion rated it
I'll read this, but I really don't like shark-shaming. The movie jaws just pisses me off, and I really don't like it when people go around saying they'll never swim in water where there could ever be a shark, and such and such. Sharks are dangerous, obviously. Any animal that has the advantage in a ...
Milka Really Likes To Read
Milka Really Likes To Read rated it
5.0 Shark Girl
Shark Girl, a debut novel by Kelly Bingham, is a book that you cannot put down. A beautiful, heart breaking and inspiring story written in verse will make you cry, laugh and honor your life, just as it is. On a normal summer day Jane goes to the beach with her mother and Michael. At the morning whe...
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