Rather than listing her many amnesia problems, Zevin deftly reveals Naomi’s dilemma with concise phrasing. Her father, the fourth guy, loses her trust when Naomi discovers her parents are divorced and he plans to remarry. Will, her yearbook co-editor, doubles as her best friend, and then there’s the hauntingly intriguing James, her new crush. Ace, the tennis jock, is her forgotten boyfriend. She struggles to adjust to her high school’s caste system and to comprehend the roles of four males in her life. Zevin constructs a unique take on the teenage question of “Who Am I?” New York City sophomore Naomi Porter must re-invent herself, re-construct her life and undergo a re-birth on her journey back from a head injury that leaves her with nine stitches and a memory loss spanning the four years since sixth grade.
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