Title: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Author: Mary E. Pearson
Publish Date: April 2008
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pages: 272pp
IBSN: 0805076689
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Range: 12 and up
Price: $16.95
Annotation: Jenna Fox has just awaken from an eighteen month long coma to a life she doesn’t remember, a body she doesn’t recognize, and two parents and a grandmother she doesn’t really know.
Summary: Jenna Fox was in a horrible car accident that led to her eighteen month coma. When she awakened, she didn’t remember anything—who she was, where she came from, why she was in a coma. Her mother encourages her to piece her life back together by watching home videos of herself that span every year of her life - each neatly cataloging every moment of Jenna’s growth and development, though she does not relate to the Jenna she see’s in the videos. She struggles with remembering facts and school curriculum's, but not her most deepest and personal memories. She remembers historical facts, yet was told she was never into history. This sets Jenna off questioning her parents, and her being. Little by little Jenna begins to remember things of her past, like her close relationship with her grandmother Lily, though her grandmother is cold and distant with her now. As Jenna learns the secret her parents have been keeping from her, she does not like what she learns, in fact she is furious and confused as this raises more questions for her, like is she even human?
Evaluation: The Adoration of Jenna Fox is imaginative and haunting as it stirs up moral and ethical questions. I liked the way the author has the reader discovering exactly who Jenna Fox is right along side Jenna Fox. This made the story more intriguing as every clue was turned over.
Bibliotherapeutic Usefulness:
- Identity.
- Acceptance of you’ve become.
- Recovering from a traumatic event.
Reason this book was chosen: Set in a dystopian world with moral and ethical boundaries being pushed and questioned, need I say more? I also love the amnesia aspect of the novel and finding out what happened to Jenna, as Jenna herself discovers what happened.
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Awards:
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009
SLJ Best Books for Children, 2008
Awards:
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009
SLJ Best Books for Children, 2008
