Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham (2009-2010)
After a shark attack, promising artist 15-year-old Jane Arrowood has her arm amputated. In this free verse novel, she struggles to cope with her loss and the changes it makes on her everyday life and future.
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I really liked Shark Girl it showed what people go through when their in shark accidents. In the Jane Arrowood got her bitten off by a shark and it changed her life forever. She didn’t want to go outside where people could see her because she was self conscious about her arm. She was very depressed and pushed people away because she didn’t want anyone to feel sorry for her. Going to school was hard because everyone knew what happened to her and they all stared. Which made her situation even worse, but she eventually got used to it and so did everybody else. This story reminded me of all the stories I heard on the news about people getting attacked by sharks. I always wondered how they got through it and now this story gives an idea. The mood of the story was very happy in the beginning but got kind of sad and depressing towards the middle. Jane was living a good life, then the shark attack happened and it changed her life. I want to know where the author Kelly Bingham got the idea to write Shark Girl. Did it happen to her? Someone she knew or was she influenced by the movies or the stories on the news? Anyone who wonders what life is like after a shark attack, they should read Shark Girl because it would give an idea of what possibly could happen.
ReplyDelete(S.M., 10th grade, ATC)
Shark Girl
ReplyDeleteThe book Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham was a great book, I absolutely loved it. It reminded me of Bethany Hamilton, the surfer who lost her arm to a shark attack in Hawaii. I can, in a way, understand how Jane feels about losing her arm, though I still have mine, but I know that if I were to lose my arm I’d be just as upset as her because I too want to become an artist like she did. What I liked most about the book were the characters in the story; they were all so believable. Jane’s mother in the story reminded me of my own mom, and if something as terrible as this were to happen to me I’m sure she’d react just the same. I think that if Jane were a real person she would continue on to someday become an artist anyway because at the end of the story she was able to draw the picture for Jason, and prove her mother wrong who said she wouldn’t be able. I would hope that she’d be like Bethany Hamilton who continued to do what she loved even with her loss. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes free verse poetry or who just wants to read a believable book. While reading this book I began to think the characters were real, and that’s what kept me reading, because I wanted the best to happen for them.
-B.L.M., 10TH grade, ATC