Shark Girl (novel)

Shark Girl
Author Kelly Bingham
Cover artist Anna Peisl
Country  United States
Language English
Genre Young adult fiction, novel in verse
Publisher Candlewick Press
Publication date
April 10, 2007
Media type Print Hardcover
Pages 276 pp
ISBN 0-7636-3207-4

Shark Girl (2007) is the debut novel by Kelly Bingham. It is a young adult novel in verse that tells the story of the fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood who goes swimming at a California beach in June, is attacked by a shark and has to have her right arm amputated. The novel is told mostly through blank verse poetry that is interspersed with news articles about Jane’s attack and letters of encouragement she receives from strangers. The story is loosely based on the life of professional surfer Bethany Hamilton who had her left arm bitten off by a shark in 2003.

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