Have you ever wished you could start your life over with a clean slate? I hear a lot from former students that they love freshman year because even though they know many students, they do get a chance to remake themselves to a certain extent. Naomi, the protagonist of Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin, gets that chance when a fall down the stairs leaves her with no memory of the last four years of her life. She gets the chance to step back and decide if she really enjoys her boyfriend, her life as yearbook editor or tennis. Since she doesn't have a good idea of who or what she likes, she finds herself making new friends and trying on new identities. In many ways, her amnesia is a also a time of healing some old wounds.
I picked up this book after seeing it on so many "best of" lists, and I found it to be a young adult book that explores that question so central to the lives of teens: "who am I?"
Read it, step back and look at your life critically. Do your friends, the activities you are involved in, and your life's choices accurately reflect who you are? or are they a bi-product of who someone else wants you to be?
Advisories: Naomi's boyfriend, Ace, makes a sexual overture to her.
I picked up this book after seeing it on so many "best of" lists, and I found it to be a young adult book that explores that question so central to the lives of teens: "who am I?"
Read it, step back and look at your life critically. Do your friends, the activities you are involved in, and your life's choices accurately reflect who you are? or are they a bi-product of who someone else wants you to be?
Advisories: Naomi's boyfriend, Ace, makes a sexual overture to her.