At the beginning of each section, the reader is given Mrs. Since Suzy is required to do a lengthy research paper for science, The Thing About Jellyfish is framed by the seven steps of the scientific method - Purpose, Hypothesis, Background, Variables, Procedure, Results, Conclusion - according to Mrs. It sounds like a pretty far-fetched explanation, but Suzy is determined to prove it, even if that entails lying, stealing from the people who love her, and the possibility of clandestine travel to Australia. All she wants to do is prove her theory that Franny died after being fatally stung by the rare Irukandji jellyfish, found mostly in Australia, though some jellyfish researchers believe a small migration may have occurred as far away as the eastern seaboard of the United States. Turton, Suzy begins to research jellyfish at the same time she decides to no longer talk, effectively alienating herself from her divorced parents, her older brother and his partner, the psychologist she is taken to, the science teacher she actually likes and any new friend possibilities. And she finds one that she believes is viable in the jellyfish exhibit while on a class trip to the local aquarium.Īssigned to do a research paper by her life science teacher, Mrs. Unable to accept that Franny, the good swimmer, drowned, unable to accept her mother's explanation that "sometimes things just happen," Suzy wants a justifiable reason why Franny died swimming. That summer, while on vacation with her family, Franny drowns. Franny had made Suzy promise to send a strong message if she ever became like those other girls and at the end of the school year, Suzy leaves Franny an unusual message that totally backfires and the girls part at the end of summer no longer friends. Suddenly, Franny is hanging out with the popular girls and Suzy is left alone, still not wanting to be part of that clique.
And they were, doing everything together, happy in their own world, apart from the popular girls. Franny was a girl who could already swim across the pool underwater Suzy was the girl who wanted to swim like Franny and be her friend.
Suzy Swanson and Franny Jackson first met in a swimming class at age five.
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