265 pages. Published: 2009
Amazon: 4.5 stars
Me: 5 stars
I LOVE dystopian novels. While this isn’t a dystopian novel, it is set in the future, and the medical system as we know it has undergone significant changes including increased government restrictions on medical treatment that proves fascinating.
After a quarter of the population has died due to the overuse of antibiotics and a rampant superbug, we meet Jenna Fox. A seventeen year old girl who has just woken up from a year long coma with amnesia. Jenna desperately wants to know what happened in the accident that led to the coma, and who she was before the accident.
Jenna’s parents have moved her across the country to help with her recovery, but her room is strangely void of all familiar objects. Her father still lives in the old house for work, and Jenna lives with her mother and grandmother, who both act strangely around her.
Enrolled in a new school, Jenna learns about blue gel, which can regrow any type of cell in the body. People are limited to the amount of blue gel allowed in the body to make sure they stay human. Jenna remembers that her father is the inventor of this controversial product.
As Jenna’s memories return she tries to figure out who she was, and who she is now. Her own self-discovery and what she uncovers along the way kept me turning the pages.
This is a teen book, so it’s a pretty quick read for adults.
You can purchase this book at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your local bookstore. This is also the first of the Jenna Fox Chronicles.
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