Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

Teen Read Week is coming up in October and we are already planning our 4^th Teen Lock-In of the year. We are excited to connect with other libraries in Ohio and North Carolina on Oct 21^st at the Paradise Library. The last lock-In featured a live author chat with Gabrielle Zevin, the author of three Young Adult novels. This was a real treat for teens that attended this after hour’s program at the library also receiving free copies of her lasted novel.

In her first novel we meet Naomi, a 16 year old who lost a coin toss and her memory after a traumatic fall, unable to recall the last four years of her life. Maybe that isn’t such a bad thing if you realize the life you had wasn’t that great. She quickly realizes she has a chance to create a new life and make different choices like speaking to her mom again, dumping her current boyfriend and getting to know her 3 year old half sister. Naomi can’t change her past but she can now get a new handle on her future.

Review by Susie Serrano, Paradise Branch Library

Published in the Chico ER

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