Okay, here is a great science fiction/medical thriller for you. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I read "The Adoration of Jenna Fox," by Mary Pearson. I loved this book! You know that there is something unusual about Jenna right from the start, and as more and more of her family story is revealed, you are forced to ask yourself the question of - How far would you go to save someone that you loved? See the review below, and make sure that you come and check this book out of the library. It is fantastic!
Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox awakens after more than a year in a coma to find herself in a life—and a body—that she doesn't quite recognize. Her parents tell her that she's been in an accident, but much of her past identity and current situation remain a mystery to her: Why has her family abruptly moved from Boston to California, leaving all of her personal belongings behind? Why does her grandmother react to her with such antipathy? Why have her parents instructed her to make sure not to tell anyone about the circumstances of their move? And why can Jenna recite whole passages of Thoreau's Walden, but remember next to nothing of her own past? As she watches family videos of her childhood, strange memories begin to surface, and she slowly realizes that a terrible secret is being kept from her. Pearson has constructed a gripping, believable vision of a future dystopia. She explores issues surrounding scientific ethics, the power of science, and the nature of the soul with grace, poetry, and an apt sense of drama and suspense. —Meredith Robbins, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, New York City
