Identity.

Where does it lie? In a face? A voice? A bundled string of events we call a lifetime? Is it in our DNA, bone, flesh, ancestry? How do we define our identity, and is it a once and for all definition? Or is it always changing?

Who am I? Can anyone ever know for sure just what it takes to be who we are?

We all search for our place in this world and how we fit in, but for Jenna Fox that search reaches dark new dimensions when she wakes from a coma and can’t remember who she is. Worse, she doesn’t remember the people who claim to be her parents. There is something curious about them, about the house they all live in--in fact, curious describes her whole life, as she attempts to unlock the secrets of who she was, and who she has become.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox is about Jenna’s search for identity, a quest as old as history, but as startling as the future.

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and a movie from 20th Century Fox . . .

Critics and readers say:

"[Pearson] raises the ante in unexpected ways until the very last page ."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Mary Pearson is able to weave elements of mystery, ecology, biotechnology, and scientific ethics while wowing with a strong-voiced main character who has us rooting for her every step of the way."
--David Gill, ALAN President

"This is an amazingly powerful, thought-provoking, just brilliant novel."
--Teen Book Review

". . . poignant, remarkable, unique, touching, true fiction at its best, and perfectly conceived and delivered."
--Teri Lesesne, Goddess of YA Literature

"Wow. Just wow. I read this in one sitting, unable to put it down."
--The Reading Zone

" . . . a story that reads as a teen medical drama but is so much more. Pearson's writing is masterful as she slowly reveals the truth . . ."
--Tasha Saecker, Kid Lit

" . . . an ultimate futuristic nightmare of a coming of age story. "
--Richie's Picks

" . . . a stunning, fascinating novel."
--Little Willow

" . . . if you only read one young adult novel this year, make it this one."
--Tez Miller, Urban Fantasy Land

"Pearson has built an amazing futuristic world . . . but the basic human condition, that we want to know ourselves and be loved by others, has stayed very much the same."
--Carlie Webber, A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

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"Outstanding examination of identity, science and ethics . . . Pearson reveals the truth layer by layer, maintaining taut suspense and psychological realism as she probes philosophical notions of personhood."
--Kirkus, starred review

"Pearson takes us on a remarkable, often chilling journey in which Jenna questions what makes life worth living and comes out the other side victorious."
--Jennifer M. Brown, Shelf Awareness

" . . . readers will be fully hooked into a one sitting thriller. Fans will appreciate Mary Pearson’s powerful drama as shocking disclosures that seem plausible keep spinning the story line in different direction than the reader thought."
--Harriet Klausner, Amazon #1 Reviewer

"Pearson has skillfully constructed a suspenseful, surprising story, and Jenna's path from uncomfortable suspicion to horrified comprehension is one of the true, albeit discomfiting, delights of reading The Adoration of Jenna Fox."
--Linda M. Castellitto, ABA Bookselling This Week

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"Thoughtful and challenging . . . Adoration is a fascinating and timely look at human identity and the ethics of advanced medicine."
--Jenn Northington, The King's English Bookshop, Salt Lake City

" . . . fascinating and thought provoking."
-- Janis Flint-Ferguson, Kliatt

"This is a beautiful blend of science fiction, medical thriller, and teen-relationship novel that melds into a seamless whole that will please fans of all three genres."
-- Meredith Robbins at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, New York City
School Library Journal, starred review

"Science and emotion collide in this compelling thriller. "
--TeenSpace, Cinncinati and Hamilton County Public Library

"An incredible novel . . . "
--Dr. Ruth Cox Clark, Madchatter, YA and Children's Literature Professor

"Blew. Me. Away. This book was sooooo good."
--oops . . . wrong cookie, Texas Librarians Book Blog

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