Memoirs+of+a+Teenage+Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin
Genre: Dramatic young adult

// back of the book ﻿: ﻿  // ** //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 hav ﻿ ////e 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 fiancée. 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. // ** **//But Naomi picked heads.//**

//My Summary://  The book, //Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac//, by Gabrielle Zevin is a dramatic young adult novel about a high school girl named Naomi. It all started with a coin toss, which Naomi lost. Because she had lost the coin toss, Naomi had to go to the school and get the yearbook camera. While she was getting the camera, she tripped down the stairs. She suffers from a head injury and can't remember the last four years of her life. The story tells how she puts it back together.

// “Zevin constructs a unique take on the teenage question of "Who Am I?"”- // // **Kirkus Reviews** ﻿ // Book's website ﻿   Interview With the Author ﻿    Professional Reviews of the Book

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Photography plays a big part in the story. Naomi loves it, but will she continue to after her head injury?

“Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac,” as Zevin explains on the first page, is, above all, “a love story. And like most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma.” Naomi must choose among three guys who represent different visions of love: Ace, a handsome tennis jock who offers her a seat at the popular table; James, a brooding misfit who sports suicide scars and offers an alternative to the life she finds so alienating; and devoted Will, her best friend and fellow yearbook nerd, the one best positioned to offer her the real Naomi. Click here to read more from this article!

**About The Author** **Gabrielle Zevin,** author of //Elsewhere// and //Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac//, was born on October 24, 1977 in New York City and is a Harvard graduate. Her books have been nominated for many awards. Gabrielle has her own blog that she updates pretty often and you can also ask her questions.

Check out her other book, Elsewhere. Click here for more information.