Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

The book that I chose to read is called Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac. The main character of this book is Naomi. Naomi is a bright girl interested in the yearbook club, photography, and taking pictures. However, one day she wakes up in an ambulance with amnesia after she hit her head on the steps. When she wakes up she realizes that she had forgotten her past 4 years of life. When she looks at the mirror she see someone who she does not recognize. She also realizes that her parents are divorced and that she has a boy friend. At her first day at school, everyone scrutinizes her from her head to toes. At the same time Naomi is afraid to approch anyone for the fear that she might say something that she would not usually say. Everybody tells her that she still looks the same but she acts so differently. During the time of this confusion, she meets James, who comforts her and helps her out of the maze that she is in. Naomi starts to develope feelings for James, who everybody thinks is a crazy lunatic, but she realizes that she already has a boyfriend Ace, who is attractive and popular around girls. Naomi gradually realizes that this is not her true self. The pictures of herself that Naomi had taken during the last couple of years was not someone that Naomi expected. The girl with the long straight hair wearing a tight tank top with goose bums on her arms could not have been herself in Naomi's thought. She also finds a bottle of birth control pills in her desk drawer, which she was surprised to find. Naomi is frustrated with her not being able to remember things that had changed her into someone that she does not recognize. She is now faced to answer the question "what were you like and what turned you this way?" So far I am enjoying this book because Naomi really represents what high school students are going through everyday. She deals with peer pressure, relationships, and social party nights. Now with amnesia, she is discovering her true identity and facing her true self. I think this is a great book for teenagers in finding out their true selves. I would recomend this book to other people.