Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Hardcover) by Gabrielle Zevin

from MissMac

A very good book, which had me hooked enough to read it all in one sitting. I loved the idea of someone having lost their memory and them piecing their life back together again to find that they didn't like things as they were. I enjoyed the explorations of character and identity and the developm...

from ewyatt

Naomi's life turns upside down after she dives down the front steps of the school to save the yearbook camera. Her head injury results in amnesia that has caused her to loose all her memories of the previous four years. She finds that she is not the same person and has the opportunity to try out ...

from infinitechoice

Zevin explores the theme of identity through the plot construct of a character with amnesia. After an accident, high school junior Naomi can't recall anything past the sixth grade. The condition presents both a challenge and an opportunity to begin her life anew. Naomi discovers that despite her ...

from ark76

Having a character with amnesia seems like a forced plot, it is necesssary to deliver the unique experience afforded to Naomi - being able to evaluate your life as a stranger. When teenager, Naomi, awakens from her coma, she has amnesia and is reintroduced to her life. Everyone she meets is new a...

from MickyFine

Above all, mine is a love story. And like most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. Following this opening, Zevin's novel follows Naomi who, after falling down the front steps of her high school, develops retrograde amnesia and loses the past four years of her l...