Loud Awake and Lost, by Adele Griffin
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There was an accident. Ember knows at least that much. She was driving. The car was totaled. Eight months later, Ember feels broken. She can’t even remember the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident. Where was she going? Who was she with? And what happened during those six weeks that her friends and family won’t talk about? In the wake of her critically praised young adult psychological thrillers, Tighter and All You Never Wanted, National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin has created another triumph in this unflinching story of loss and recovery that Booklist called “exquisite” in a starred review.From the Hardcover edition.
Loud Awake and Lost, by Adele Griffin- Amazon Sales Rank: #2287271 in Books
- Brand: Griffin, Adele
- Published on: 2015-05-12
- Released on: 2015-05-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.20" h x .62" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
From Booklist *Starred Review* Two-time National Book Award finalist Griffin continues her exploration of the inner workings of the mind in this moving and surprising story. Ember was seriously injured in a car crash, but worse, she killed her passenger, a young man named Anthony. Along with brain trauma and back injuries, she has no memory of the six weeks prior to the accident. Eight months later, she returns from the rehab facility to her home in New York City. Friends and family are on eggshells, and Ember feels like she is in a slow-motion movie of her life starring someone else. Then she meets Kai, so free and different from her old friends, and he makes her want to wake up again. But what will she find when she does? Griffin’s writing is exquisite, teasing meaning and memory from her sentences. Even in the smallest moments, she captures the incredible stamina it takes to rebound from a devastating accident, while at the same time showing how the injured can spin a protective cocoon. Ember and all the characters—parents, pals, an old boyfriend—seem walk-through-the-door real. When the final twist arrives, readers may skip back through the pages to figure out why they didn’t see it coming, but it doesn’t negate the underpinnings of this emotional journey. Grades 9-12. --Ilene Cooper
Review Starred Review, Booklist, November 1, 2013"Two-time National Book Award finalist Griffin continues her exploration of the inner workings of the mind in this moving and surprising story...Griffin’s writing is exquisite, teasing meaning and memory from her sentences."Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2013:"Readers will feel right at home with the dialogue; sarcasm, glee and angst are spoken in pitch-perfect teenagese...Ember’s unraveling of the mystery is compelling enough to keep the pages turning quickly and steadily. The startling conclusion itself is worth the ride."Publishers Weekly, September 30, 2013:"Piecing together a teen’s forgotten past is the object of this mesmerizing romance set in the aftermath of a horrific car accident...An intriguing and chilling mental exercise."Shelf Awareness, December 3, 2013:"Griffin's trademark atmospheric style is firmly intact. This moody romantic mystery will hit the spot for fans of Kat Rosenfield's Amelia Ann Is Dead and Gone and Nova Ren Suma's Imaginary Girls."School Library Journal, November 2013:"Griffin has crafted a story with well-developed characters and a suspenseful plot that keeps readers turning pages. Her exploration of traumatic brain injury, in particular the role memory can play in the healing process, adds depth as well as potential points of entry for discussion."The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December 2013:"The device of the accident adds drama and mystery, but it’s also a very clever way to explore the significance of the common teenage experience of redefinition and its impact...The lure of secret romance and just plain secret secrets will draw readers to this inventive take on changing teen identity."VOYA, December 2013:"National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin creates yet another worthy young adult thriller, a compelling page-turner with a gut-wrenching plot twist...Fans of Griffin will be eagerly awaiting this title, and this latest standalone is sure to gain her many new ones."From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author ADELE GRIFFIN is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including Sons of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, both National Book Award finalists. She is also the author of All You Never Wanted, Tighter, Picture the Dead, The Julian Game, and the Witch Twins and Vampire Island middle-grade series. Adele lives with her husband and children in Brooklyn, New York.From the Hardcover edition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Who is Ember? By QueenKatieMae When we first meet 17 year-old Ember, she is cleaning out her room at a long-term rehab facility. The reader is given little bits and clues: she's been there 8 months and she's extremely anxious that she has to leave. When she gets home, her room is foreign, there is a poster for a band she doesn't recognize or remember. It's not until her best friend since kindergarten, Rachel, arrives that we learn Ember was not in a psych or drug rehab like we are led to believe. She was in a devastating near-fatal car accident that left her with physical and mental scars, ruined her dance career, her spine is now held together with a bolt, and she has survivor's guilt.But, she remembers nothing; not the events, or even the weeks, leading up to the accident, and she does not remember the boy who died in her car.The author, Adele Griffin, takes Ember, and the reader, down the long, circuitous path to regaining her memory. Many patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries find themselves grasping, sometimes desperately, trying to remember faces, names, events, places, and the author has done the same with Ember. People she doesn't recognize talk to her as if they are best friends and they talk about going out and clubbing together. But Ember was never into the club scene. Rachel is her best friend, not these other girls. And who was the boy in her car? Rachel doesn't know, but neither does anyone else.Extracting the bits and pieces of lost memory as they come to her, Ember visits the club she supposedly frequented and meets Kai. They instantly connect. He is artistic and beautiful and mysterious and he understands Ember, unlike her family and friends. As obsessed as she is with regaining her memory, she is now equally obsessed with Kai.What I liked about the book is the same reason I did not love the book: the process Ember endures to regain her memory, especially about the night of the accident, is frustratingly slow. It is a painful journey for Ember, but for the reader it can be exasperating. And Ember's teenage preoccupation with the new boy, Kai, is understandable, but it is pure angst.Sitting in the back seat, the reader can easily recognize all the things Ember should do to hasten her recovery and all the mistakes she makes that prolong it. Teenage girls talk. A lot. Why doesn't Ember just confide in Rachel? What is she hiding? Why does she avoid her former dance instructor? By the end of the book, these questions are answered and her behavior makes sense. But, as I said before, it is a long and circuitous path.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. - Marcus Tullius Cicero By Cheryl Stout I hadn't read any of author Griffin's books previous to "Loud Awake and Lost" but I will sure be rethinking that lapse.I loved this book. From the believable characters to the intricately drawn plot to the major surprises along the way, this book is a keeper. I read so many books that I rarely reread any of them but I'm already partway back through this story.Ember, the protagonist of the book, reads very true as a victim of major brain trauma and other massive injuries - from a car accident she had while she was driving. We find out towards the beginning of the book that the passenger in her car didn't survive the wreck.Ember is also dealing with memory loss. She can't remember the accident or the six weeks leading up to it. So - memory loss, pain, survivor's guilt, the loss of the dancing she loved - Ember must learn how to try and reinvent herself.I liked the subsidiary characters too, including her BFF Rachel, her ex-boyfriend Holden, her beyond worried parents, and others she meets and re-meets on her journey back to rediscovering herself.I liked the pace of the book, unlike others. I thought it was just right. And the story kept me swiftly turning pages, trying to find out what happens next.I also thought this was a good Young Adult book. It is supposed to be for those 12 years old and up and I think 14 years and up would probably be better. There is some salty language in the story, some references to sex without being explicit. Ember is very independent and the story takes place in/near New York City. I would be worried as a parent if my child got him/herself in some of the situations Ember did. But overall, I thought this book was a winner.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Biggest disappointment I've read in months By Pink Amy After a deadly car accident and 8 months in rehab facility, Ember is going home with a brain injury and without memories of six weeks before the accident. Her parents, best friend and ex say that she acted strangely in the weeks before the accident, hanging with different people, wearing different clothes and listening to different music. They don't know the young man in her car who was killed. Ember is desperate to recover those six weeks and figure out who she is and why she's different from the girl she remembers.I loved the premise do the book. Everything else was a huge disappointment. I enjoyed some of Adele Griffin books, but LOUD AWAKE AND LOST is almost painfully excruciating to read, and not because or the story. Ember's voice was flat and bland and showed no sign of brain injury. I expected, in a first person account, to see evidence of the trauma in her thinking, ability to remember words, and in her cognitive functioning. Even subtle hints would have given this book some voice. The writing had an overabundance of telling, and little showing. Parts of the plot felt familiar from books and movies. I won't say which ones, as not to give away the plot "twist". Is it still a plot twist when I figure out the big reveal 1/3 of the way into the book.If this was a print, rather than an ebook, I'd have returned it and not finished. If you want to read this book, borrow it from the library or a friend. Don't waste your money. If you want a well written story about a teen who can't remember what happened after an accident TRIGGER Susan Vaught has a wonderful plot, accuracy about retrograde amnesia, and a strong, distinct voice.
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