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The Nature of Jade by Caletti, Deb is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From School Library Journal Grade 9 UpSeventeen-year-old Jade DeLuna suffers from panic attacks brought on by realizations of her own mortality. In addition to therapy and prescribed medication, she finds relief from her condition by taking care of elephants at a local zoo in Seattle. When she meets Sebastian, a handsome boy with a 15-month-old son, she falls in love with him and becomes immersed in his world. In addition to dealing with her anxiety and keeping her relationship with Sebastian secret, Jade must also come to terms with her parents' deteriorating marriage, her friends drifting apart, and an A.P.-heavy course load. Told from her perspective, the novel contains intense passages about loneliness, death, and human relationships intercut with seemingly factual information about the physical and emotional lives of elephants. Frequent remarks about the similarities between humans and animals often feel redundant, and the plot is more entertaining than Jade's animal anecdotes. Despite this, the novel takes on an interesting perspective that is not often shown in booksthat teen parents can form meaningful and loving relationships with their peers. Marie C. Hansen, New York

Who reads The Nature of Jade?

Author

Caletti, Deb

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published

2007

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (190 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13