Sweethearts by Sarah Zarr
What is
your earliest memory? Do you remember being 3? Jennifer does. What
is your strongest memory? For Jennifer it was 5th grade. That was when
everyone at school called her “Jennifer Fattifer, and her only friend was
Cameron. The strong memory involved bits of flashbacks that she has
throughout the book. Including some parts of that memory that she can’t
face yet. Including some parts that she has never shared with anyone but
Cameron. Then things change dramatically - Cameron disappears. Everyone
says he was killed. Now flash forward to when Jennifer is 17. Jennifer’s
mother is remarried and they move- and Jennifer remakes herself into the thin,
fun Jenna. But you know that strong memory? It keeps coming back in bits and
snatches. Then Cameron reappears, and he says they must face that memory
together.
(booktalk by Mary Jo Heller, Einstein Middle School)
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