memoirs of a teenage amnesiac by gabrielle zevin

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back.Īfter her remarkable debut, Gabrielle Zevin has crafted an imaginative second novel all about love and second chances. 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 to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already. She wouldnt have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her 'Chief.' She'd get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldn't be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she can't possibly remember. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldnt have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldnt have hit her head on.

New York City sophomore Naomi Porter must re-invent herself, re-construct her life and undergo a re-birth on her journey back from a head injury that leaves her with nine stitches and a memory loss spanning the four years since sixth grade.

The story takes place in contemporary Tarrytown, New York, and follows protagonist Naomi Porter after a slip on the stairs leaves her with no memory of the last four years of her life. Zevin constructs a unique take on the teenage question of Who Am I. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a young adult novel by Gabrielle Zevin.

Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac by gabrielle zevin