Escape from Memory

Marc Notes: Allowing herself to be hypnotized, fifteen-year-old Kira reveals memories of another time and place that may eventually cost her and her mother their lives.; Ages 12 up. Brief Description: Allowing herself to be hypnotized, fifteen-year-old Kira reveals memories of another time and place that may eventually cost her and her mother their lives. Publisher Marketing: Some things are not" best forgotten. A redesigned edition of a science fiction thriller that Booklist "calls "an exciting, fantastical adventure story." When Kira lets her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she unearths a memory that just doesn't make sense: She recalls that she and her mother fled to their small town from a country that doesn't exist, speaking a language she can't identify. But after she and her mother are kidnapped by the mysterious Aunt Memory and brought back to Crythe, Kira discovers her recollection was real. Dangerous secrets are locked in her mind--and her memories are the only thing that might save her family. Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 14 (EAN 9781416903383, Mass Market Paperbound) Kliatt 07/01/2005 pg. 21 (EAN 9781416903383, Mass Market Paperbound) Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2003 pg. 1073 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Booklist 09/01/2003 pg. 114 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Kliatt 09/01/2003 pg. 8 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2003 pg. 324 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 10/13/2003 pg. 80 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2003 pg. 105 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 212 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 109 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2004 pg. 81 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 109 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 625 (EAN 9780689854217, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Haddix, Margaret Peterson Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including The Missing series and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for "The Indianapolis News". She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.