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The Memory of Forgotten Things
The Memory of Forgotten Things | Kat Zhang
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In the tradition of The Thing About Jellyfish and When You Reach Me, acclaimed author Kat Zhang offers a luminous and heartbreaking novel about a girl who is convinced that an upcoming solar eclipse will bring back her dead mother. One of the happiest memories twelve-year-old Sophia Wallace has is of her tenth birthday. Her mother made her a cake that yearand not a cake from a boxed-mix, but from scratch. She remembers the way the frosting tasted, the way the pink sugar roses dissolved on her tongue. This memory, and a scant few others like it, is all Sophia has of her mother, so she keeps them close. She keeps them secret, too. Because as paltry as these memories are, she shouldnt have them at all. The truth is, Sophia Wallaces mother died when she was six years old. But that isnt how she remembers it. Not always. Sophia has never told anyone about her unusual memoriessnapshots of a past that never happened. But everything changes when Sophias seventh grade English class gets an assignment to research solar eclipses. She becomes convinced that the upcoming solar eclipse will grant her the opportunity to make her alternate life come true, to enter a world where her mother never died. With the help of two misfit boys, she must figure out a way to bring her mother back to herbefore the opportunity is lost forever.
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chinateacup
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Sophia learns a lot about herself, friendship, and grief as she searches for answers. Why does she remember her mother being at her ninth birthday even though she knows her mom died when she was six. She needs answers. She needs her mom.

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chinateacup
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...and here I cry again.

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chinateacup
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“They tried so hard, the two of them, to be okay.”
Sophia is making me so sad.

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Audrey
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An unexpected read. It‘s a quiet book about childrens‘ grief, adult depression and yearning with a touch of magical realism and sci-fi. Just shows, be careful what you wish for and the grass isn‘t always greener on the other side.