关于水母的事

首先，这本书非常棒。它真的很好，这是许多儿童读物所没有的。它还有能力(思考:好奇)培养对可能不同的孩子的同理心。主角很吸引人。但是，它有一些非常成熟的主题，我将在下面概述。在我看来，虽然小学生也能读这本书，但成熟的主题更适合青少年阅读。剧情:这本书讲的是一个叫苏西的七年级学生如何处理她以前最好的朋友弗兰尼的死亡，弗兰尼在六年级到七年级之间的夏天去世了(她淹死了)。你可以从书中了解到，苏西和弗兰妮从5岁起就形影不离，但在六年级时，弗兰妮开始和受欢迎的孩子们一起玩，而苏西变得越来越不受欢迎。片中发生了很多欺凌行为，包括弗兰尼对她做的一些很卑鄙的事情，其中之一就是朝她脸上吐口水。其中一个角色把一只青蛙扔到树上杀死了，这在书中有一些细节描述。 In a misunderstanding, sort of, Suzy (who is socially awkward) ends up putting pee in Franny's locker. This was the last time that Suzy ever saw Franny so she has guilt about that. One of the main plot points of the book is Suzy wanting to prove that Franny didn't drown but was stung by a jellyfish. To this end, she plots to run away from home to go to Australia to go visit a guy who knows a lot about jellyfish. She steals her dad's credit card information and buys a plane ticket, steals money from loved ones, and skips school to sneak to the airport. She ends up getting caught and everyone is very forgiving, but (as with Inside Out) I thought the whole stealing-and-sneaking thing was not desirable in a protagonist for kids :) (in fairness, she does realize that this was a bad idea afterwards, and notes that one hazard of not talking to anyone else, ever, is that no one checks your ideas for craziness - my paraphrase). Mature topics (in no particular order): - Suzy gets her period - Suzy's friend is on ADHD medication and that is discussed at various times throughout the book (he is a good character that is nice to Suzy despite the other kids being mean) - Suzy sees a psychologist throughout the book to help her deal with the grief (but she doesn't speak to the person, so mostly they just sit there in silence) -obviously, Suzy's friend drowns -Suzy's older brother lives with his boyfriend and they both play a role throughout the story, and at one point they kiss -bullying, teasing, etc. aimed at Suzy because she is awkward/smart/interested in learning, including by her former best friend - killing of a frog that is fairly graphic -Suzy stealing from parents/relatives, including credit card info - Suzy running away from home, which is very well-planned-out - generally there is a lot of shutting oneself off from adults (she doesn't speak to her parents or any adult for most of the book) The thing is, Suzy is a very relatable character whom you really pull for. I was actually in tears for probably half the book. It's really amazing. However, I would not recommend it to a elementary schooler, at least not without having discussions with your child about the topics that your family might find notable.

我认为关于水母的东西是一本非常好的书。我最喜欢这本书的地方是，苏西思考问题，而不是一头扎进疯狂。这是虚构的，但也不是太虚构。我强烈推荐这本书。