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The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
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bookshelves: death, jfic-middle-grades-4-6

Grades 5-8. Suzy, a 7th grader, is navigating school social and family changes after the death of her best friend. Convinced that the only cause of death was a rare jellyfish, she turns all her energy and thoughts to obsessive research and stops talking altogether.

The unresolved relationship and grief ring true. Benjamin does a great job getting into a middle schooler's head. I fell in love with the characters. I cried (which I never do!). Wonderful book.
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Reading Progress

September 20, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
September 20, 2015 – Shelved
Started Reading
May 30, 2018 – Shelved as: death
May 30, 2018 – Shelved as: jfic-middle-grades-4-6
May 30, 2018 – Finished Reading

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