Published by Little, Brown, and Company, this middle-grade novel by Alison Wade Benjamin ’92 earned starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. The story centers on a science-obsessed 12-year-old girl who becomes convinced that her best friend’s death was caused by a rare jellyfish sting and decides to prove it. The coming-of-age story is also about environmental destruction, ecology, the nature of hope and cruelty, family, friendship, and the scientific method.
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