{"product_id":"the-memory-of-forgotten-things-9781481478656","title":"The Memory of Forgotten Things","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A heart-tugging and mind-bending exploration of time and possibility.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A pleasure to read...full of heart and imagination.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Zhang's story is filled with real-world lessons on compassion and kindness with a sci-fi twist--a skillfully rendered framing device for exploring deeper issues of loss, longing, and acceptance.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"With unwavering hope and focus, and new friendships with unlikely peers, the novel is entertaining and sweet.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Jellyfish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen You Reach Me\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed author Kat Zhang offers a luminous and heartbreaking novel about a girl who is convinced that an upcoming solar eclipse will bring back her dead mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the happiest memories twelve-year-old Sophia Wallace has is of her tenth birthday. Her mother made her a cake that year--and not a cake from a boxed-mix, but from scratch. She remembers the way the frosting tasted, the way the pink sugar roses dissolved on her tongue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis memory, and a scant few others like it, is all Sophia has of her mother, so she keeps them close. She keeps them secret, too. Because as paltry as these memories are, she shouldn't have them at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth is, Sophia Wallace's mother died when she was six years old. But that isn't how she remembers it. Not always. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophia has never told anyone about her unusual memories--snapshots of a past that never happened. But everything changes when Sophia's seventh grade English class gets an assignment to research solar eclipses. She becomes convinced that the upcoming solar eclipse will grant her the opportunity to make her alternate life come true, to enter a world where her mother never died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of two misfit boys, she must figure out a way to bring her mother back to her--before the opportunity is lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aladdin Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481478656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e196545 \/ Memory of Forgotten Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kat Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644013543605,"sku":"9781481478656","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dcf39992-5383-42c2-b88b-fefa2c07e648.jpg?v=1708445925","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-memory-of-forgotten-things-9781481478656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}