Wow! It was difficult for me to stop reading this book, just like Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Both of these books are nominees for the California Young Reader Medal in the high school category.
Jenna Fox can't remember her past. Things come to her in small unrelated and seemingly unimportant snippets, like shopping for socks. But, she can remember most of the writings of Henry David Thoreau. What happened? Why can't she remember? Why does Lily, her grandmother, seem to dislike her? Why does her mom fear her leaving the house? What is up with the computer with her name on it in her mom and dad's closet? Why did they move to California, espcially afer the devastating earthquake there a years earlier?
These are just some of the questions frustrating Jenna Fox. This is a great read!
All of the books in the high school category for the California Young Reader Medal for the 2o10-2011 school year are great reading. I love to read all the books in all the categories, but the high school books have been a challenge the last couple of years. Although all of them are great books, providing them on a large scale in middle school for book clubs would be difficult. The third book in this category is Unwind by Neal Shusteman, more about that one in a future blog.
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