memory

"In this ... mosaic of personal journeys and historical inquiry across a continent and time, Savoy explores how the country's still unfolding history, and ideas of 'race,' have marked her and the land. From twisted terrain within the San Andreas Fault zone to a South Carolina plantation, from national parks to burial grounds, from 'Indian Territory' and the U.S.-Mexico Border to the U.S. capital, Trace grapples with ... national history to reveal the often unvoiced presence of the past"--Provided by publisher.

Two witches, Sixteen-year-old Macie O'Sullivan and her mother Aubra, travel from town to town stealing everything they can then erasing the minds of those they've met. They soon arrive in a community of witches called Witchtown, and Aubra promises Macie that Witchtown is the last one. But as she learn more about the town, Macie begins to realize that secrets may have more power than money.

Two and a half years since Cassie's mother put her in a mental institution against her will, Cassie has turned eighteen and been emancipated. She is, however, entirely unready for college life, and the psychological damage done by her mother proves hard to get rid of. Then Cassie learns truths about her family that makes her wonder if it was her mother all along with mental illness, and, if so, Cassie wonders if she has the responsibility of trying to help her.

Neuroscientist, blogger, and author Burnett offers a humorous, inside look at how the human brain works, and the strange things it does including develop superstitions and conspiracy theories, have blackouts and insomnia, and remember faces but not names.

Election Day is coming, and that means revolution. Micah and his friends, and every rebel who listens to the MemeCast--which comes through on the chips inside their brains, which were put there by the government--are going to make sure Mayor Mignon does not get elected again. It is time to take the system down.

A history teacher besieged by a personal crisis and the "phasing out" of his teaching job abandons his lessons to relate tales of Fenland and his family.

After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.

When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra's father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back.

"Megan Brown's brother, Tyler, is dead, but the cops are killing him all over again. They say he died of a drug overdose, potentially suicide-something Megan cannot accept. Determined to figure out what happened in the months before Tyler's death, Megan turns to the things he left behind. After all, she understands the stories objects can tell-at fifteen, she is a gifted collage artist with a flair for creating found-object pieces. However, Megan now realizes that her artistic talent has developed into something more: she can see memories attached to some of Tyler's belongings-and those memories reveal a brother she never knew"--Amazon.