num_pages: 288
description: 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.age range: 12 yrs and upgrade range: Grade 7 and up
language: English
title: Shark Girl
titlecomplete: Shark Girl (Shark Girl #1)
genres: Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, High School, Middle Grade, Poetry
ratings_count: 3710
series: Shark Girl
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Florida Teens Read, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: The Inky Awards
category: Silver Inky, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Truman Readers Award, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Candlewick Press