Ali Benjamin
Autor(a) de The Thing about Jellyfish
About the Author
Ali Benjamin is an award-winning American author. She is best known for her debut novel The Thing about Jellyfish, which was a 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist. Benjamin has co-authored several books, including: The Keeper: A life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them, mostrar mais by Tim Howard, Positive: a Memoir by Paige Rawl, and The Cleaner Plate Club with Beth Bader. In addition to her published books, her work has appeared in numerous publications, namely Boston Globe Magazine and Martha Stewart's Whole living Online. She was also the sole story researcher and casting director for an hour-long primetime special, Sesame Street: Growing Hope Against Hunger, which won a 2012 Emmy Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Ali Benjamin
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1960s or 1970s
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Membros
- 1,733
- Popularidade
- #14,831
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 86
- ISBN
- 72
- Línguas
- 10
Trigger warnings: Death of a child in the ocean, death of a friend, grief and loss depiction
Score: Eight points out of ten.
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This is the first book I have ever read that involved grief and it just delivered! The main character, Suzy, is so unique and interesting which is due to her impressive imagination and good use of metaphors that really made her distinct from other characters in other books. The plot itself is quite simple considering that it's targeted towards middle graders but it was so effective and I think all readers can enjoy this masterpiece of a book. The way this book was written was interesting but it didn't feel gimmicky, disjointed or unnecessary at all, it's just the story is split between two time periods and it just goes back and forth between the two. The plot revolves around Suzy and her friend Franny whose friendship fell apart and later on she died for some reason and Suzy thought a jellyfish stung her and killed her so she embarks on a research project about jellyfish at school while also processing the feelings of grief which I liked and I thought that was executed well. I also supposed Franny was a great friend right until she no longer accepted Suzy as herself and it was a shame that she couldn't restore her friendship with her and I liked the side characters as well since they were all very supportive of her, especially her science teacher whose name I forgot. If you like a well executed story about loss and grief this is the book for you.… (mais)