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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Publication Date: 28 April 2008 by Henry Holt & Co.
ISBN 10/13: 0805076689 / 9780805076684
Category: Young Adult Science Fiction
Format: Hardcover (also available in paperback, audiobook, and Kindle Edition)
Keywords: Futuristic, Memory, Healing
How I found out about this book: Alethea listened to the audiobook for YABC, and later bought the hardcover when her husband insisted that something so quotable should definitely be taking up shelf space in their library. Kimberly borrowed the hardcover.
Kimberly's review: Who is Jenna Fox?
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a beautiful multi-layered story of a girl and her search for herself. After waking from a year long coma, Jenna Fox's memory is almost wiped clean. She must relearn how to live, who she once was, and who she is now.
As the novel slowly unfolds, its depth is revealed in waves of prose with scattered poetry. At only 265 pages, it took me a couple of days to read. This book is small but dense and thick, and should be read slowly, savoring every word. Don't miss anything, or you'll be sorry! It's more than a simple identity story, more than a sci-fi YA story, more than a coming of age story. It's a life story, relearning and falling back into who you were and who you choose to be. And who others expect you to be and how you break that mold, or not.
Well written and vivid, I felt a real sense of the characters. Jenna's narration is a teenager struggling, helpless, sorrowful and yet strong and resourceful. She fights. She stands her ground. And she becomes who she was meant to be. Her cast of friends include the sweet Ethan, and the complicated Allys. Her parents are three dimensional, showing all the signs of love, wear and tear. Lily, her grandmother, is a beautiful character, the center of the family. I felt like she had such presence in the story, her voice always ringing with truth.
Alethea's review: I just loved this story! It brims with
Keywords: Futuristic, Memory, Healing
Kimberly's review: Who is Jenna Fox?
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a beautiful multi-layered story of a girl and her search for herself. After waking from a year long coma, Jenna Fox's memory is almost wiped clean. She must relearn how to live, who she once was, and who she is now.
As the novel slowly unfolds, its depth is revealed in waves of prose with scattered poetry. At only 265 pages, it took me a couple of days to read. This book is small but dense and thick, and should be read slowly, savoring every word. Don't miss anything, or you'll be sorry! It's more than a simple identity story, more than a sci-fi YA story, more than a coming of age story. It's a life story, relearning and falling back into who you were and who you choose to be. And who others expect you to be and how you break that mold, or not.Well written and vivid, I felt a real sense of the characters. Jenna's narration is a teenager struggling, helpless, sorrowful and yet strong and resourceful. She fights. She stands her ground. And she becomes who she was meant to be. Her cast of friends include the sweet Ethan, and the complicated Allys. Her parents are three dimensional, showing all the signs of love, wear and tear. Lily, her grandmother, is a beautiful character, the center of the family. I felt like she had such presence in the story, her voice always ringing with truth.
Alethea's review: I just loved this story! It brims with
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Oooo, Ahhhh, this looks goodddd! I actually have the book sitting on my bookshely, patiently waiting to be read. Thanks for the coolio review :]
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Oh wow,
I chanced upon this book a while ago, but didn't pay it much attention - but now I am reading your review, and realizing what a mistake that was. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us.
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