First published 2016
Nadia lives behind the white stone walls of Canaan, where safety comes at a terrible price. Every twelve years, the Forgetting arrives like clockwork. On this day, every person loses their memories completely. Parents forget their children. Lovers become strangers. People forget their own names. Only written records preserve identity and history. Citizens frantically document their lives in personal books, knowing these pages will become their only truth after the Forgetting wipes their minds clean. But Nadia carries a dangerous secret. She has never forgotten anything. While others depend on their written words to know themselves, Nadia remembers every detail of her life and the city's hidden truths. She knows who lies in their books. When she teams up with Gray, a skilled glassblower, to investigate Canaan's mysteries, they uncover shocking revelations about themselves and their world. As the next Forgetting approaches, they face an invisible threat that could destroy both their city and their lives. Nadia must use her unique gift to save everyone, even though Gray might forget her completely when the day arrives.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, mystery, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Canaan
Period: The Forgetting
403 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Press