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Mar 30, 2022Molly_pop rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron, explores a world where people are made of their memories. Every 10 years the people in the city Canaan lose every memory and experience in an event dubbed The Forgetting. Their lovers, children, jobs,…
Apr 28, 2020sarathcv rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I just couldn't put it down. I finished it in a day. I would highly recommend this book.
Oct 04, 2019ryner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Every twelve years the citizens of Canaan simultaneously lose their memories, resulting in a temporary and often violent chaos until their journals are retrieved from the city's archives. The next Forgetting is imminent, and Nadia has a…
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Jan 27, 2019bookycakes rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A slow, intense buildup that took a little while for me to get into, but ultimately paid off. Definitely reminiscent of The Giver in themes and feel, but a completely unique story. I LOVE the ship (100 stars to the ship, everyone) and it…
Nov 30, 2018susan_findlay rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book reminded me of The Giver. The setting is different, but the themes and feel of the book are quite similar - a society in which the human experience is quite different from ours and the protagonist, while raised in that society,…
white_dove_652
Sep 11, 2018white_dove_652 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
this book is so cool. i rlly like the part when Nadia slaps grey IN. THE. FREAKING. FACE. but there are some really dumb parts too. like when her mom stabs herself because of the memories she has. and her sister sits with Jonathan of the…
Jun 28, 2018oliviatuck rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
this book takes comitment till about half way through then your hooked this is a cool book but a tiny bit confusing and twisted
Mar 27, 2018Indigo_Crescent rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book captivated my while I read it. I never lost interest and got sucked in the story-line and characters. Sharon Cameron truly accomplished something with this book. What she accomplished in one book I've seen authors accomplish in a…
Oct 05, 2017booknrrd rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A 2018-2019 Missouri Truman Readers Award preliminary nominee (grades 6-8). Every 12 years the forgetting happens, and the community of Canaan is plunged first into chaos in the days leading up to the forgetting then confusion as people…
Mar 24, 2017c23133 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
While I like Cameron Sharon, I'm disappointed that she follows the typical teen novel trends in this story that teach a lack of self control in romance. I don't think this type of literature will help teens live morality or grow in…
Mar 03, 2017joywolf83 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
A thought-provoking book on what memory is and how it affects you and your identity. Spunky, strong heroine with strong ties to her family is the main character. Stay away from spoilers. Page 200 there is a startlingly revelation. Lots of…
Feb 24, 2017twhitehead24 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
“At the first sunrising of the twelfth year, they will forget . . . Their books will be their memories, their written past selves. They will write in their books . . . They will write the truth . . . If a book is lost, then so are they…
Jan 03, 2017MapleValleyTeens rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book has everything - a little bit of fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and mystery. Every twelve years people forget who they are, so they keep diaries to remind themselves! A great read if like books about identity construction and secret…