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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac*
written by Gabrielle Zevin
This is the story of a young woman who must examine her own life and values after she loses her memory. This novel lends itself to discussion of memory, truth, how perspective affects our decisions, and relationships.

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*Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007)

Additional Secondary Resource Books for Memoirs

Guys Write for Guys Read
Edited by Jon Scieszka ( Viking, 2005)
When We Were Young: A Compendium of Childhood Edited
by John Burningham (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton Books, 2007)
* graphic depictions of war and the human cost of conflict
Dear God, Have You Ever Gone Hungry?
by Joseph Bau (Arcade Publishing, 1998)
* graphic description (Holocaust)
Select a secondary literature link for grades 6-12:
Secondary literature link for grades 6-12:
200% of Nothing (Math)
Gathering Blue (Art)
Haiku U
In Code (Math)
Letters of the Century (History)
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (Memoirs)
On the Fringe (Diversity)
One Kingdom (Biology)
Other Goose (Environment)
Porch Lies (History)
Potiki (Art)
Seedfolks (Bilingual)
Team of Rivals (Lincoln)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Research)
The Elements of Murder (Chemistry)
The Kite Runner
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Art)
The Professor and the Madman (Research)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Vote for Larry (Election)
Water for Elephants: A Novel
Who Do You Think You Are? Stories of Friends and Enemies (Diversity)
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