Teen Scene

AUGUST 1, 2012
As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott
Ava wakes up confused, feeling as if she is in a slightly different world from the one she knows. There's an unfamiliar but kind woman who claims to be her mother, and people at the high school she doesn't recognize who seem to be her friends. Her confusion continues as she slowly starts to recall certain memories but she has no context for them. Ava is living in a world much like contemporary, suburban America, but her memories are of a place with extreme government control, great fear, and poverty. And in that world is a man she loves. This book is a sci-fi/romance/mystery, with the romance weighing the heaviest. It took me awhile to become engaged in the story as I found it hard to read so many pages from the viewpoint of someone who is completely confused. However, the longer I read, the more I saw the underlying messages and the heart of the story, and became more emotionally engaged. As odd as this story is, it is compelling and the characters are realistic. For grades 9 and up.

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