Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac » (First Edition)

Guided by a love of writing that actually began as a love of typing -- discovered while playing on her grandmother's IBM electric typewriter at three years old -- Gabrielle Zevin writes novels that are intended for young adults but appeal to the youthful spirit in all of us. In our interview, she reflects, "Books are incredibly powerful when we are young -- the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life."

Sometimes, a girl needs to lose.

The New York Times - Polly Shulman

Zevin is completely convincing on the intensity of early passion and the way it can evaporate in the rays of something new, and she has a light touch with the deceptively shallow anguish of adolescence.