| Shark Girl Contributor(s): Bingham, Kelly (Author) |
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ISBN: 076364627X ISBN-13: 9780763646271 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.66" W x 8.14" (0.56 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 114218 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |