Shark Girl was a quick read - I read it in about an hour on the bus ride home from Springfield. :) I really enjoyed the way the book was written. It was written in a series of letters, newspaper articles, and verse (sharing the thoughts of the main character, Jane). I honestly thought this book might be a little "cheesy" ... but it turned out to be a great book.
From Barnes and Noble:
"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."
Happy reading! If you read Shark Girl, comment on this post and let me know how you liked it. :)
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