The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Soon, Suzy is hardly able to recognize Franny on the sixth grade campout near the year’s end, Franny stands by as a boy smashes a frog against a tree to impress her, and one night, Suzy suspects Franny of spitting on Suzy while she lays in her sleeping bag. Suzy and Franny grow apart, and Suzy spends much of her time at school alone. In sixth grade at Eugene Field Memorial Middle School, Franny makes new friends, but when she attempts to introduce Suzy to them, Suzy inadvertently embarrasses Franny with “weird” conversation topics. In fifth grade, the last year before the start of middle school, Suzy’s world changes in several ways: her parents decide to divorce, her father moves out, her older brother leaves to attend college, and Franny begins to show interest in boys.

Content in their relationship, Suzy continues her close friendship with Franny throughout elementary school. Suzy and Franny are so close growing up that teachers recommend Suzy “branch out” and make other friends. Seventh grader Suzy Swanson thinks often of her former best friend Franny Jackson. She intends to prove her theory even if she must leave the country to do it. Grief and confusion augment Suzy’s growing understanding of the complexity of her world though Suzy is unable to accept the senselessness of Franny’s death, Suzy hypothesizes that Franny’s death resulted from a jellyfish sting. Though Suzy tries to regain the balance in their friendship, she is confused when her attempts to stay close to Franny do not work, and Suzy is left feeling sad and anxious. Suzy’s best friend is Franny Jackson, but upon entering middle school, Franny makes new friends. OL19670267W Page_number_confidence 95.00 Pages 362 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210809104827 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 540 Scandate 20210803222100 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780316380867 Tts_version 4.The coming-of-age novel demonstrates the challenges of growing up, especially around matters of friendship. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:00:40 Boxid IA40202914 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin