Escape from Memory

Escape from Memory

Author	Margaret Peterson Haddix
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	2003
Pages	220
ISBN	978-0-689-85421-7

Escape from Memory is a young adult novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It was published in 2003 by Simon & Schuster.

Plot summary

Kira Landon is a fifteen-year-old girl whose life has been completely normal until her friends talk her into being hypnotized. She finds herself revealing things about a past that she never knew, remembering her mother carrying her through war-torn cobblestone streets while speaking a foreign language. Kira's best friend Lynne pushes her to investigate, but before they can find out anything, Mrs. Landon disappears. That evening, a strange woman shows up at Kira's house, saying that she is her "Aunt Memory".

"Aunt Memory" takes Kira to Crythe, a land where people are trained from childhood to remember everything that ever happens to them. Kira soon discovers that not only is her mother a prisoner in Crythe, but that many people are not who they claim to be. Mrs. Landon is actually Kira's real Aunt Memory, and the woman who had called herself "Aunt Memory" is actually Rona Cummins, an old enemy of Kira's parents who tries to obtain her parent's secrets. As Rona keeps raising the stakes, Kira must find a way to save Lynne, Mrs. Landon, and herself, as well as her parents' memories.

Awards

Escape From Memory has won several book awards, including:

A Junior Library Guild Selection, 2003^[1]
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, 2004
Golden Duck Award (Eleanor Cameron) Middle Grades Winner, 2004^[2]

Historical References

The Russian journalist "S." (Solomon Shereshevsky) is given a fictional connection to Crythe, although he was a real person.

References

↑ "Junior Library Guild". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
↑ Kelly, Mark R. "The Locus Index of SF Awards: Golden Duck Awards By Category". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

Novels by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Shadow Children	Among the Hidden (1998) Among the Impostors (2001) Among the Betrayed (2002) Among the Barons (2003) Among the Brave (2004) Among the Enemy (2005) Among the Free (2006)

Other	Running Out of Time (1995) Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey (1996) Leaving Fishers (1997) Just Ella (1999) Turnabout (2000) The Girl With 500 Middle Names (2001) Takeoffs and Landings (2001) Because of Anya (2002) Escape from Memory (2003) Say What (2004) The House on the Gulf (2004) Double Identity (2005) Dexter the Tough (2007) Uprising (2007) Palace of Mirrors (2008) The Missing (series, 2008-2015) Claim to Fame (2009) Into the Gauntlet (2010)

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