The nature of Jade

By Deb Caletti

Subjects: Family problems, Families, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Coming of age, Fiction, Children's fiction, Elephants, Bildungsromans, Zoos, fiction, Zoos, Elephants, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Family, fiction, Anxiety, Family life

Description: Seattle high school senior Jade's life is defined by her anxiety disorder and dysfunctional family, until she spies a mysterious boy with a baby who seems to share her fascination with the elephants at a nearby zoo.