The Memory Book

The Memory Book by Lara Avery

362 Pages

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Poppy

Release Date: July 5, 2016

Fiction, Teens, Young Adult, Memory Issues

Samantha McCoy is a senior valedictorian in high school. She keeps a journal of her thoughts and memories. She has a rare genetic disease, Niemann-Pick disease type C. After graduation, she is going to a party but gets lost. By. The time her friend Cooper finds her, she is very distraught. He takes her home and her parents take her to the hospital.  Sammie has a life altering disease. You see who her friends are as the disease progresses.

The book had a fast pace, developed characters, and was written in the first-person point of view like a journal. This was a heart wrenching book. Anyone who has a friend or family member with memory issues will understand what Samantha is going through. Great read.