Speaking of books, I have a few recommendations, to make up for the time I've spent not posting and enjoying the sparse sunshine (while I'm not slaving to finish my homework). The first is Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, by Gabrielle Zevin. It follows the story of Naomi, who slips while walking down the stairs at her high school and wakes up in an ambulance with the past 4 years of her memory erased. She can remember up to 7th grade, but the last year of middle school and the first 2 and 1/2 of high school are total mysteries. She has to re-learn who she is, and discovers who her real friends are in the process. It's a really good book...funny, mysterious, sad, romantic, even heartbreaking at times...all melded together into a novel you can't put down. At least I couldn't. It does have a little bit of inappropriate material in it, so I'd wait till at least 7th or 8th grade to read it...unless you're really mature.
That's the cover...I really like how it's laid out. Very nifty. So...good read there.
Another good read is Saffy's Angel and the following books (Indigo's Star, Permanent Rose, Caddy Ever After, and Forever Rose, which I haven't gotten to read yet, but am looking forward too). They follow the eccentric Casson family (all named for paint colors by their artist parents) -Rose, Indigo, Saffron, Cadmium, their mother Eve and their father Bill-and the people they meet along the way. These include Michael, Caddy's dricing teacher who may be something more, Sarah the wheelchair girl from down the lane, Tom from America, and many more. Saffy's Angel follows Saffron as she discovers that she was adopted after her mother, Eve's sister, was killed in a car crash. When she discovers a note in her grandfather's will, it leads her on a wild race to find her stone angel and herself along the way. Meanwhile, back at home, Caddy attempts to pass her driving test after nearly 100 lessons, Indigo faces his fears by rappeling out his bedroom window, and Rose paints the walls. It's an amazing book and series, which will cause you to wish you'd been born a Casson.
Another nifty cover...the world's full of them, it seems.
Well, I've gotta go enjoy the last hours of being 14! Hope you're having a great week, and happy reading!
