Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
by Gabrielle Zevin

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
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Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-21
ISBN: 0374349460
Number of pages: 288
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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Book Review: Remember this amnesiac
Summary: 5 Stars

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin is truly a one of a kind book. After Naomi Porter loses her memory, she struggles constantly to figure out who she was, who she is now, and who she wants to become. My inspiration to read this book was that I have previously read and enjoyed the author's other two books, Elsewhere and Margarettown.

The story line of Naomi and her battle to remember the previous four years as a teenager demonstrated the pain and hardships that she faced due to a head trauma. It is as if the author had been in a teenager's body and faced the challenges of relationships with friends, boyfriends, and parents.

The vocabulary was appropriate and easy for me to read at a high school sophomore level. I suffered a head trauma and can relate to Naomi because I also woke up in a hospital bed not knowing how or why I was there. The only part of the story I felt the author did not have to include was a sex scene, because the relationships with her boyfriends made the point.

I would recommend this book to any teenager because reading this story is as entertaining as watching a television show about relationships. I would not recommend this book to anyone younger than a teenager because some of the content is not suitable or easy for a child to understand. Adult readers might also enjoy this book because they could compare their teenage years to today's fast-paced environment.

I am a non-reader, but I am looking forward to Gabrielle Zevin's next book. Her unique approach to my age group has caught my attention and her story lines keep me reading.

Summary of Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her "Chief." She'd know about her mom's new family. She'd know about her dad's fianc?e. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back.
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But Naomi picked heads.
?After her remarkable debut, Gabrielle Zevin has crafted an imaginative second novel all about love and second chances.

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