‘Unremembered Trilogy: Book 1’
By Jessica Brody
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books, 28th Feb 2013
RRP £6.99 (paperback)
ISBN 9781447221128
The only thing worse than forgetting her past ... is remembering it.
When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage – alive - is making headlines across the globe.
Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.
Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Jena struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them.
Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims she was part of a top-secret science experiment. The only person she trusts insists she shouldn’t believe anything he tells her. Can Jena work out who she is and where she came from?
From popular young adult author, Jessica Brody comes a mesmerizing and suspenseful new series, set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten.
The film rights have already been optioned as part one of this thrilling trilogy is published! One to watch out for!
Highly recommended for readers aged 12+
‘Call Down Thunder’By Daniel FinnPublished by Macmillan Children’s Books July 2012RRP £12.99 (hardback)ISBN 9780230738003Reviewed by Lynsey Evans‘Call Down Thunder’ is a fantastic book! It’s a refreshing change in theme and style to all lot of other teen fiction on the market at the moment, it feels believable, gritty, real. Reve and his sister Mi live in Riconda, a small fishing village that is run by Calde and The Night Man. Everything they do is controlled by Calde – if anyone calls in the authorities they’ll be punished – just like Reve and Mi’s father – who was drowned, then wrapped in a fishing net and left in the street for all to see. Their mother was arrested and has never been seen again – she’s presumed dead. That was 8 years ago.Reve lives with Tomas the Boxer, he fishes and then sleeps under Tomas’ shack with his dog Sultan. His sister Mi is a couple of years older than Reve and she’s different. She has a sixth sense, can see the future and can call down thunder. She lives in a beaten up old car out of the village as Calde, his thug son and friends fear her as a witch.Reve and Mi are determined to leave the squalid underworld, to find their mother after Reve’s strange dream Mi interpreted as their mother was living. Follow their cruel, ruthless adventure to the city and the hardships they face.Enjoy the way the book is written, how the characters talk, learn the complicated relationships within the community, how they strive for survival and are courageous in all that they do. The ending is somewhat happy, but leaves you feeling there is hope for Reve and Mi, and Riconda, and that all they endured, survived and sacrificed was for the greater good.A terrific, fast-paced summer read I urge you to read!Recommended for readers aged 11+
