The Nature of Jade
by Deb Caletti
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<Sigh.> I wanted to like this book. And there were some things about it that I really did enjoy. But there were more things that bothered me. Some things specifically about the book, and other, more general issues that I will get to.
First, the good:
The main character, Jade, is well-written. She's interesting and sometimes pretty insightful. Like when she talks about how people get caught up in all the little, meaningless things in life so that they don't think the BIG THOUGHTS about...more
First, the good:
The main character, Jade, is well-written. She's interesting and sometimes pretty insightful. Like when she talks about how people get caught up in all the little, meaningless things in life so that they don't think the BIG THOUGHTS about...more
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Reviewed by Kylie for TeensReadToo.com
Since being diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Jade DeLuna does not know how to cope with the shortness of breath and dizzy feelings, but could this all change when she meets the boy in the red jacket?
Jade,18, is in her senior year of high school when she is diagnosed. She knows nothing good can come out of it and she thinks not even the support of her family can help her through. Not only that, but her other family members have problems of their own. ...more
Since being diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Jade DeLuna does not know how to cope with the shortness of breath and dizzy feelings, but could this all change when she meets the boy in the red jacket?
Jade,18, is in her senior year of high school when she is diagnosed. She knows nothing good can come out of it and she thinks not even the support of her family can help her through. Not only that, but her other family members have problems of their own. ...more
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Read in September, 2007
I finished reading The Nature of Jade, by Deb Caletti, a couple of days ago. I felt a real sense of mourning when it finally finished. Not because it was a sad book, but because I hated to end such a satisfying and well-written one. I would follow these characters forever.
Jade is a sixteen-year-old living in Seattle. Senior year is approaching and all of her friends and even her family are going through major changes and growing pains. Jade herself has anxiety, panic attacks. The only thing...more
Jade is a sixteen-year-old living in Seattle. Senior year is approaching and all of her friends and even her family are going through major changes and growing pains. Jade herself has anxiety, panic attacks. The only thing...more
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Read in July, 2007
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females
This book is written about Jade, a girl with a panic disorder. She is a senior and she lives near a zoo. She finds the elephants most mesmerizing and calming, which help her with her disorder. She leaves up the 24 hour elephant watch from the zoo's website in her room everyday. Jade goes through life averagly. She has friends, a regular family and pretty good grades. She does however think about every possible thing that could go wrong with every little thing.
One day while watching the elep...more
One day while watching the elep...more
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Read in January, 2008
At the beginning of this book, Jade DeLuna defines herself by her anxiety. Diagnosed with panic disorder, she takes medication and goes to therapy as well as employing her own rituals (cough drops, patron saint candles, tapping doorways) to keep her panic attacks at bay. Constantly open on her computer is the nearby zoo's elephant house webcam; the elephants calm her.
Jade's parents and friends are changing, and Jade spends more and more time in front of her computer, noticing a repeat visit...more
Jade's parents and friends are changing, and Jade spends more and more time in front of her computer, noticing a repeat visit...more
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Read in April, 2008
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Read in March, 2008
***YA Book***
Two chapters in I was jealous of this book - not only had the author "stolen" the setting of my own YA book in progress (Ballard, WA) but she was using the real life elephants of the Woodland Zoo, including Hansa, the baby elephant that had a key role in my now-husband and I declaring our love to each other (true story!)
But as the book went on - and on - and on, it became clear this book would have benefited from a little judicious editing. Too many elements clutter th...more
Two chapters in I was jealous of this book - not only had the author "stolen" the setting of my own YA book in progress (Ballard, WA) but she was using the real life elephants of the Woodland Zoo, including Hansa, the baby elephant that had a key role in my now-husband and I declaring our love to each other (true story!)
But as the book went on - and on - and on, it became clear this book would have benefited from a little judicious editing. Too many elements clutter th...more
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Read in July, 2008
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This book inspired to study.... Sort of. It's a wonderful book about the struggles and triumphs of a girl and the changes she faces. Personally, I loved it. I could identify myself with Jade, even though I don't have a Panic Disorder. It was written in a way that makes it accessible to anyone. I love Sebastian's character as well. The maturity that the characters have makes the book seem more serious than most young adult novels... then again, it isn't the genre that defines the book. I think th...more
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Read in March, 2008
Since her first panic attack at the age of 14, Jade has been trying to deal with her anxieties and calm her borderline compulsive behavior. Now a high school senior, she finds some peace in watching elephants at the zoo near her house; this leads to her involvement with Sebastian, who is a little older than her but has a toddler son. There are a lot of normal coming-of-age things that happen, like tensions with her friends and family members and college applications, but Caletti makes Jade’s...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
Someone looking for un-cliched love.
Oh My Goodness. So I just finished this book today, and I have to say, it's simply amazing. I LOVED how they had little excerpts about the different behaviors of animals. I thought that was so amazing to learn how similar humans and animals really can be. It got me a lot more interested in learning about how humans and animals are alike. Seriously, humans are animals. Also, I loved the book in general. It was such a unique love story. It's like, who would think you'd meet your true love at a zoo...more
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'Nature of Jade' is such a fun book! Jade is honest, open and true to a lot of young women. She is insecure about things and worries a lot but she does what she has to do and she takes risks anyway.
This book is so addicting, I've read it about 10 times this summer because I love the way Jade thinks and the way Caletti describes how her characters feel. Sebastian is such a catch, I wish he were real so I could go after him! This book is one of those stories that you could read on a freezing ...more
This book is so addicting, I've read it about 10 times this summer because I love the way Jade thinks and the way Caletti describes how her characters feel. Sebastian is such a catch, I wish he were real so I could go after him! This book is one of those stories that you could read on a freezing ...more
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Read in July, 2008
This book is about a girl living her ordinary teenage life...She lived right by the zoo, so close that she can see the elephant section from her bedroom window. She sets up a camera on her computer that watches the elphant section. One day, she spots a boy in a red jacket, but this isn't an ordinary boy, because he always carries a baby on his back. She is determined to meet him and find out who he is, and why he has this baby. I think that this book was ok, and got a little boring sometimes. I ...more
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Read in May, 2008
This is one of those books where I had lots and lots of issues, like, if you don't know how to write realistic dialogue for a ten-year-old maybe he should be a different age? And I really don't know how I feel about the ending. And, oh, how it could get expositiony! And, oh, how Jade figured herself and her friends out so much better than anyone ever manages, especially within a well-plotted book.
That said, I really enjoyed it. Three more revisions, this book needed, that's all.
That said, I really enjoyed it. Three more revisions, this book needed, that's all.
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Read in May, 2008
The first half of this book is pretty slow, the opposite of Caletti's Queen of Everything which was an intense page-turner from the start. I really like the protagonist in this story--how she thought, her quirks. A lot happens in this book and several moral dilemmas were proposed; it was like a Jodi Picoult for tweens and teens. I almost wish Caletti had used this character in a different story. Nevertheless, the ending was sweet and satisfying, and I would recommend it to YA girls.
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Jade has had panic disorder ever since her grandma died. She's always sure she's going to get killed. To calm her down, she keeps her computer on the nearby zoo's ebcam of the elephants. She keeps seeing a boy in a red jacket with a baby in a backpack. She's totally entranced since he's there almost everyday at the same time and sometimes sneaks in at night alone. When he stops showing up, she gets a job at the zoo. One day he shows up again and they meet.
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
Anyone who loves a fast enjoyable read.
My first book I finished during the new year.
Since I started reading it, I had a hard time putting it down, and I started recommending it to people before I was half way done and got 3-4 people to add it to their reading lists.
It doesn't really have much of a plot to start with, but that is what makes it fun--all the day to day life things. About halfway through, the plot really started to kick in.
If you are sappy, you will cry.
Since I started reading it, I had a hard time putting it down, and I started recommending it to people before I was half way done and got 3-4 people to add it to their reading lists.
It doesn't really have much of a plot to start with, but that is what makes it fun--all the day to day life things. About halfway through, the plot really started to kick in.
If you are sappy, you will cry.
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Jade is a senior in highschool and nothing is normal. Her mom and dad are fighting, everything is changing, and she has anxiety attacks & watching elefants on her computer screen is about the only thing that calms her down. Then sees the guy of her dreams & never stops thinking about him, only she has never met him. When she finaly meets him everything is going perfectly, until she learns everyone has secrets....
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Warning that the language is not good but the story was really quite sweet. A lot of insight into the choices we make and who we are, how we became that way. There is a huge focus is analizing the family unit as similar to elephant herds and how that close group effects each other throughout life helping and pushing along the way.
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Read in December, 2007
Though a bit slow to get going, this novel eventually hooked me. Jade is a senior in high school and she is suffering from an anxiety disorder. Though she tells us upfront that she is more than her illness, this appears to be a front, until she finds ways to expand her life and escape her preplanned life.
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My friend Haley
recommends it for: YA
recommends it for: YA
It was very slow at the beginning and a little confusing but it was a very good and well written book.
at once i fell in love with Deb's charactors and my favorite boy's name! Beau YAY! well (Bo) if you want to spell it like that.
Btw i was so mad at the end why didnt she go with the guy?
at once i fell in love with Deb's charactors and my favorite boy's name! Beau YAY! well (Bo) if you want to spell it like that.
Btw i was so mad at the end why didnt she go with the guy?
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