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"A deeply moving meditation on disability, diversity, and joy."
-Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"One of the most beautiful graphic novels I've ever read... The Jellyfish is exquisite."
-Kate Leth, author of Mall Goth

"What an accomplishment! This book is beautiful... I loved this character and this story!"
-Lucy Knisley, author…

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1 author picked The Jellyfish as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love Boum’s comics. This is, i think, her longest graphic novel and it certainly piqued my curiosity. I found it to be true and complex and a little bit sad, but very real as the main character, Odette, navigates her seemingly dead-end 20-something life as a medical challenge looms in her eye. The relentlessness of the drawings pack more of a punch than words ever could and it uses the graphic novel format the way it was meant to be used—to present things as only visuals can. And it does so even while being rendered in stark black-and-white.

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