The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Mary E. Pearson

Sep 2009 · The Jenna Fox Chronicles Book 1 · Sold by Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

About this ebook

Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?

This fascinating novel represents a stunning new direction for acclaimed author Mary Pearson. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity. Mary Pearson's vividly drawn characters and masterful writing soar to a new level of sophistication.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Ratings and reviews

Wildly predictable, unoriginal and scattered with two dimensional characters that only serve as tools rather than having their own personalities. I was bored at times, and the climax was the least suspenseful part in the while book. I do not recommend. Anyone who likes this book is simple minded and in need of a better story to read

It's a YA book. It's predictable and cheesy but you have to remember It's about bringing this idea how technology can be more damaging than good. It's the idea of "your scientists we're so preoccupied on if they could, they didn't stop to think they should. "

It constantly tries to make more plot twists, like, for example, one of the characters gets violent, then it just abandons them. It is kinda boring.

About the author

Mary E. Pearson is the author of bestselling, award-winning novels for teens. The Miles Between was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and The Adoration of Jenna Fox was listed as a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, an IRA Young Adult Choice, NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She is also the author of A Room on Lorelei Street, David v. God, and Scribbler of Dreams.

Pearson studied at Long Beach State University and San Diego State University. She writes full-time from her home in Carlsbad, California, where she lives with her husband and two dogs.