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Hayalet Kalp

Hayalet Kalp

Contemporary LiteratureYoung Adult
Published
2016
Language
Turkish

Synopsis

Suzy Swanson is convinced that her best friend, Franny, didn't die from a jellyfish sting, but from something else entirely. As Suzy navigates her grief and the complexities of middle school, she embarks on a scientific quest to prove her theory. This journey leads her to discover unexpected truths about friendship, loss, and the natural world.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

SadHopefulEmotional
Coming of AgeFound Family

Genres

Contemporary Literature Young Adult

About the author

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Ali Benjamin

Ali Benjamin is an American author of fiction for young readers and adults, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Her first novel, The Thing About Jellyfish (2015), in which a girl convinces herself that a jellyfish sting explains her former friend's drowning, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and a New York Times bestseller. She followed it with The Next Great Paulie Fink (2019) and The Smash-Up (2021), a novel for adults that reworks Edith Wharton's Ethan...