In The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy, in the city ofCraewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of thecity, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memory arecurrency, citizens are divided by ability, and Giftedindividuals can take memories from others through touch asthey please. 17-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to liveoutside of the corrupt culture, but grapples with the guiltof an accident that has left her mother bedridden in thecity's asylum. When Madame threatens to put her mother upfor Auction, a Craewich tradition in which a 'worthless'person's memories are sold to the highest bidder before sheis killed, Etta will do whatever it takes to save her. Evenif it means rejoining the Shadows, the rebel group she sworeoff in the wake of the accident years earlier. Recommendedfor ages 13 years and older.
