''As I Wake'' is a

young adult In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages ...

novel by Elizabeth Scott about Ava; a girl who wakes up and finds herself in an unfamiliar place. She goes to the hospital and is diagnosed with amnesia and when she comes home, she is welcomed by her mother, her friends, and a crush finally showing interest. Elizabeth Scott is an American author who has written many books including '' Living Dead Girl''.

Plot

Ava Hanson wakes up in an ambulance and can't remember anything. In the hospital, she dreams of 56-412, a boy. She is diagnosed with

Amnesia Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be temporarily caused by t ...

and is released from the hospital. She learns that she is seventeen, a junior at Lakewood Day, and lives with her mother. Her father died when she was younger. Even though her handwriting looks the same, and she looks the same, she can't shake the feeling that she is not Ava Hanson. Ava watches the boy in her dreams, but she can't shake the feeling that it's not a dream.

Publication

The book was actually written between 2007 and 2008, but was not sold until 2010. Elizabeth Scott also claims to have wanted to read this type of book when she was younger but wasn't able to. She also claims to have had an "obsession" with

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, 1980s

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, and the roles played by

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Reviews

When the book first came out it received a wide range of reviews. Some loved it, while others hated it.

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stated that the book will have readers "on the edge of their seats." ''

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'', however, states that the book is flawed, but it will keep the reader turning pages.

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calls ''As I Wake'' a combination between a dystopian thriller and a romance. It was also reviewed in the ''

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ''The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books'' is an academic journal established in 1945 by Frances E. Henne ( University of Chicago Graduate Library School).Wedgeworth, Robert. ''World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services''. C ...

''.Claire Gross, "''As I Wake'' (review)", ''Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books'', 65.2 (October 2011), 108 .

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