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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Author: Gabrielle Zevin Publisher: Bloomsbury //Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac// is about when a teenage girl, Naomi, falls down a flight of stairs at her high school, she gets amnesia. She has got no idea about what’s happened in her life since about 3 ½ years ago. This is very hard for Naomi and her friends as they try to help her remember her life. She forgets some very important things like, her adoptive parents getting divorced, her mum having another baby and she even forgets her best friend, Will and her boyfriend, Ace. In this book, when Naomi loses her memory, as she gets on with her life, she realises that some of the things she used to like, before her head injury, she doesn’t like as much now. Like how she was part of the organisation for the yearbook, when she goes back to it, she doesn’t remember why she liked it in the first place. I really like this book because it is interesting pretty much the whole time and sticks to the one plot. I also liked it because it’s from Naomi’s point of view which I found easier to relate to. The use of “I said” makes it more personal than using “she said”. It was also quite believable, this really could happen to someone if they fell down some stairs. I think that the author, Gabrielle Zevin, did very well writing the book as though it was real life. The only thing I didn’t like about this book was at some bits it was kind of predictable, like when she runs away to California to see her boyfriend, for example. That is happening all the time in books. I would have liked it if something really different came up. My favourite character was Will, her best friend, because he tried so hard to help Naomi get her memory back. He made her lots of CD mixes that had songs which would help her remember, but she didn’t really listen to them straight away as Will would have liked. When Naomi wasn’t coping with the changes in her life, Will would always try to help and be there for her. Will’s personality in the book was cool and calm but also worried about Naomi sometimes. I really enjoyed reading this book because of the characters and the writing was also very good. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a good read.

By Sophie

Reading Task 2 Term 3 2009

**The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane**
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 * Reading Task 1 Term 3** 2009

**The Second Summer of the Sisterhood**
**Author:** Ann Brashares This book is about four best friends, Bridget, Tibby, Lena and Carmen, who have known each other since they were born. They find a pair of pants which fit them all perfectly and they are like magic pants. //The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants// (which is the first book in the series of the pants and the sisterhood) introduced ‘the pants’ and I think that //The Second Summer of the Sisterhood// follows that up well.
 * Publisher:** Delacorte Press Random House.
 * Pages:** 373
 * Genre:** Friendship

In this book, Bridget has set off to Alabama to find out more about her mother, from her grandma, Greta. Tibby has gotten into a film academy hoping to pursue her film career and not get too distracted by any of her friends, dead or alive. Ever since the break-up with Kostos, Lena has been afraid of loving but now she is willing to put on the Pants and see where they lead her. Carmen has been finding it tough with her mum and David going out on heaps of dates and she’s feeling especially negative towards her mum but what will happen if her mum borrows’ The Pants’?

I really enjoyed this book because the characters are all interesting and they’re quite believable. I also enjoyed this book because of the little notes that the Sisterhood have written to each other. I like all the characters because they are all so different, each with their own personality.

The thing I don’t like about this book is that it changes from the characters quite quickly, there is a lot happening and the plot gets slightly confusing.

I recommend this book to people my age and older because some bits are hard to understand. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series