Publishers Weekly gave the novel a starred review, calling it "a shining example of the highs and lows of early adolescence, as well as a testament to the grandeur of the natural world." Jacqueline Kelly, reviewing for The New York Times, said it was "heartfelt and fascinating" and believed "a lot of children might not only benefit from this book but also find themselves deeply moved by it." Awards Jamie Seymour (Australia), who survived an Irukanji sting.Angel Yanagihara (America), who studied box jellyfish after she nearly died from a sting.Diana Nyad (America), who was forced to abandon several attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida due to jellyfish stings.
Dhugal Lindsay (Japan), who also writes haiku.
While researching the subject, Suzy identifies the following real-life jellyfish experts she thinks could ask for help: Suzy postulates that Franny's death was the result of Irukandji syndrome after Suzy learns about jellyfish on a field trip to an unnamed aquarium, which Benjamin states is the New England Aquarium in the end notes. The Thing About Jellyfish was inspired in part by a trip Benjamin took to an aquarium, and influenced a novel she had been developing about a girl in middle school and her sibling. Frankweiler as shaping her reading life as a child. Suzy also reads about brave and daring scientists who study jellyfish, and tries to get in contact with them, to work as a team to try and prove her theory about Franny's death.īenjamin cites The Secret Garden, Harriet the Spy, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Suzy discovers a ton more about jellyfish than she expected she would, and confides in her science teacher, who helps her form her theory. After the two had a falling out in the sixth grade year, Franny died during the ensuing summer before they had a chance to heal their friendship. During their sixth grade year, Franny became interested in boys and started to join a more popular social circle than the sometimes awkward Suzy, who had been best friends with Franny starting shortly after they met, when they were both five years old.
Suzy has started the seventh grade, which is the second year at Eugene Field Middle School in South Grove, Massachusetts.
The book follows Suzy Swanson, the protagonist and narrator, who theorizes the death of her friend, Franny Jackson, was caused by a jellyfish sting. i wished we hadn't seen ourselves as a speck of dust, surrounded by so much nothing we were barely even visible." I wished we hadn't gone any farther out, that we hadn't tried to see ourselves from the outer edge of the solar system. Suzy narrates: "I liked the view from 1968 so much better.
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