Bingham, Kelly
Shark Girl / Kelly Bingham - Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010, ©2007. - 276 pages ; 21 cm.
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.
Age 12 and up.
Winner of Iowa Teen Award 2011
Commended for Tayshas Reading 2008
Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2010
Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2010
Short-listed for Black-Eyed Susan Award (Grades 6-9) 2009
Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2009
Short-listed for Isinglass Teen Read Award 2008
Short-listed for Florida Teens Read 2009
9780763646271
Shark attacks--Juvenile fiction.
Amputees--Juvenile fiction.
Artists--Juvenile fiction.
Self-acceptance--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
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Shark Girl / Kelly Bingham - Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010, ©2007. - 276 pages ; 21 cm.
After a shark attack causes the amputation of her right arm, fifteen-year-old Jane, an aspiring artist, struggles to come to terms with her loss and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.
Age 12 and up.
Winner of Iowa Teen Award 2011
Commended for Tayshas Reading 2008
Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2010
Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2010
Short-listed for Black-Eyed Susan Award (Grades 6-9) 2009
Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2009
Short-listed for Isinglass Teen Read Award 2008
Short-listed for Florida Teens Read 2009
9780763646271
Shark attacks--Juvenile fiction.
Amputees--Juvenile fiction.
Artists--Juvenile fiction.
Self-acceptance--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
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