Escape from Memory

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

Book Overview

Some things are not best forgotten. A redesigned edition of a science fiction thriller that Booklist calls "an exciting, fantastical adventure story."

When Kira lets her friends hypnotize her at a slumber party, she unearths a memory that just doesn't make sense: She recalls that she and her mother fled to their small town from a country that doesn't exist, speaking a language she can't identify. But after she and her mother are kidnapped by the mysterious Aunt Memory and brought back to Crythe, Kira discovers her recollection was real. Dangerous secrets are locked in her mind--and her memories are the only thing that might save her family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442446021
• ISBN13: 9781442446021
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Gripping Tittle Reveals an Unbelievably Gripping Book

When I consider reading a book, I look at what other people have thought about the book so I will try to make this review count. For one thing, this book hooked me to the point where I didn't bother to finish my homework and kept on reading. Escape from Memory was one of the best books I have EVER read in my life and trust me when I say that I have read a lot of books. I'm not the type of person who rereads something but I must have read this book about six times! Kira is an innocent girl living with a mother, Sophia, who is always seems far away. But Kira is disturbed by something in her mind. She sees hallucinations, illusions. Are they things from her memory? Have these things happened before? She can't get any answers from her mother. No matter where she looks, she cannot find anything about herself. It's like she had no past...like it was erased...Then, one day, things take on a shocking twist. Her mother is missing. She's gone. Where could she go? How could she leave Kira? How could she leave the very Kira who had always been so overprotected? And then, a stranger appears. She calls herself Kira's Aunt Memory and turns Kira's entire life upside down. She drags Kira off to a place where it is as if Kira and her Aunt Memory shot out of a time portal. Its is the past... Kira's past. Kira learns more than she had ever imagined. She finds betrayers and discovers who her acquaintances really are. And then, a fast, suspenseful end keeps you on your feet like nothing you've ever felt before. You will be holding your breath to the point of choking. Escape from Memory will leave you wide-eyed, shocked and craving for more. Haddix is not about to disappoint her readers and Escape from Memory is probably her best book yet. How she did it, only heaven knows. But this book is something you absolutely positively have to read and no questions about it!! You will not be disappointed but will fall in love with Haddix's crafted, suspenseful and fast moving book. Prepare yourself for the read of your life!

really cool book

this book kept me on the edge of my seat and the story was really interesting if you're looking for a great adventure book or are just a diehard haddix fan, this is the book for you

Great book for 6th grade+

This has been one of my all-time favorite books ever since I read it last year. The plot, though confusing, has just the right amount of twists and turns to keep you interested. One thing I especially enjoyed was the fact that no one was pure good or pure evil, and very few people end up with the same character Kira percieves them with in the beginning. An example is Aunt Memory. At the beginning of the book, she is percieved by Kira as strange but welcome. A little while later, Kira begins to have second thoughts. Then, she thinks of her as kind, then evil, then, surprisingly, with a hint of sympathy. This is an overall very good book which I would recommend to anyone 6th grade and up looking for a great book you can really get lost in.

Awesome book!

This book is extremely interesting and easy to get in to. I read it in two days in between school. It starts out while hipmotized by her friends at a Friday night slumber party, fifteen year old Kira tells about secrets that she didn't know she knew. When she asks her Mom about them, she flips out and tells her never to be hipmotized again. Suddenly, Kira's mom takes an entire month off of her job as a librarian and dissappears. It is then that someone shows up at Kira's house and claims to be her 'Aunt Memory' and she comes from this town called Crythe, which is where she claims Kira was born. Aunt Memory tells Kira that her Mom has been kidnapped and taken to Crythe too and Kira has to go there to save her. Kira then goes through dangerous challenges trying to free herself, her mom, and her friend who slipped into her suitcase when she left while she wasn't looking. This story was so interesting. I love all books by Margaret Peterson Haddix and I would reccomend them to anyone.

Excellent book! Wonderfully written!!!

This was an excellent book! It was extremely well written. Margaret Peterson Haddix makes every chapter suspenseful and exciting. My favorite part was when Kara discovered that Aunt Memory wasn't her Aunt Memory. From then on, I was hooked. I've always like Margaret Peterson Haddix's books, but this one is definitely my favorite.