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Name: The Adoration of Jenna Fox Audiobook
Brand: Macmillan Young Listeners
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Rating: 3.96 (46 reviews)
Author: Mary E. Pearson
ISBN: 9781427204448

By: Mary E. Pearson

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Read By: Jenna Lamia Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners Listen Time: 7.75 hours at 1.0x Speed 5.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Jenna Fox Chronicles Release Date: April 2008 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781427204448

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Longest Chapter Length:

07:46 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:51 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

05:40 minutes

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Publisher Description

Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers? Mary E. Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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"What medicine and technology can do in the near future challenges our understanding of what does it mean to be human. Jenna has holes in her memory and can't quite figure out what's been happening. Her parents are acting suspiciously and witholding information. Her grandmother seems to despise her. As Jenna starts to try and remember, she comes closer and closer to a truth that she might not want to know. I really liked this book - another teacher found it adequate and a second rated it a little higher, though not as high as I did. Putting it on the summer reading lists - will see what kids think..."
— Krista (4 out of 5 stars)

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“Jenna Lamia delivers another outstanding understated, yet absolutely riveting performance in The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
— 5MinutesForBooks.com
Narrator Jenna Lamia excels at evoking the haunting, yet detached way that Jenna begins to connect the events in her life. Combining science fiction, medical mystery, and teen relationships into an excellent package that is satisfying from beginning to end, this is a must-have for all collections.
— School Library Journal
It's hard to imagine any reader doing as fine a job with this audio as Lamia. Her vocal tone is faultless throughout, whether she is self-reflecting or interacting with the other impeccably voiced characters. There were moments during the sometimes-chilling narration when it was quite literally breathtaking. Jenna is believably torn, confused, angry, and cautiously hopeful during her recovery, growth and ultimate shocking realization of the truth about her accident and the subsequent steps her parents took to save her. The bonus interview with the author is as engaging and though provoking as Jenna Fox's story. Ideal for book discussions and group listening.
— KLIATT, Starred Review
...Lamia becomes the transparent agent of Jenna's story: she leads the listener along that path by keeping her voice continually in the now, her nuanced, authentic teen inflection reflecting Jenna's newly won proficiency with language and her gradual decoding of the emotions and motives of her limited circle of family and friends. Lamia holds the rare gift of communicating not only the words on the page but also the punctuation and white space, infusing all with emotion. Listeners are taken beyond the book by the inclusion of a bonus interview with Pearson, which provides the gripping description of the author's driving force behind the writing.
— Horn Book Magazine
Narrator Jenna Lamia, who has a fresh, youthful-sounding voice, assumes the role of the confused teen. Lamia reads with a strong sense of believability, capturing the tone of a female adolescent with perfection.
— AudioFile
The audiobook, ably narrated by Lamia, conveys Jenna's growing sense of dread as she discovers the extent to which her parents have gone to save her life after the accident. The delivery is quiet and almost detached throughout the first part of the audio. Jenna's growing sense of dread is mirrored in the increasingly emotional tones taken on by the narrator.
— Teri Lesesne, VOYA
[Lamia] has to be one of the best voice actors that I've heard, easily transitioning between different characters and helping distinguish between them, always clear and concise. Her contribution was certainly a benefit to the novel.
— SciFiChick.com
Narrator Jenna Lamia brilliantly brings to life one of the most empty -- literally -- young women in fiction
— Booklist
Narrator Jenna Lamia, who has a fresh, youthful-sounding voice, assumes the role of the confused teen. Lamia reads with a strong sense of believability, capturing the tone of a female adolescent with perfection.
— AudioFile Magazine

Awards

Among longlisted titles for California Young Reader Medal Master List
Among longlisted titles for Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Among longlisted titles for Washington Evergreen YA Book Award ML
Among longlisted titles for Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book A ML, 2014
Among longlisted titles for Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List, 2009
Among longlisted titles for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice A. ML, 2009
Among longlisted titles for ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009
Among longlisted titles for Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2009
Winner of NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy, 2009
Among longlisted titles for Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List
Among longlisted titles for YALSA Amazing Audiobooks, 2009
Among longlisted titles for IRA Young Adult Choices
Winner of NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age, 2009
Winner of Kansas State Reading Circle
Among longlisted titles for Kentucky Blue Grass Award Master List, 2009
Winner of Indiana Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
Among longlisted titles for Missouri Truman Readers Award Master List
Among longlisted titles for Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, 2009
Among longlisted titles for Maine Student Book Award Master List
Winner of Kentucky Blue Grass Award, 2009
Winner of Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens, 2009
Among longlisted titles for Oklahoma Sequoyah YA Book Award ML
Winner of CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI), 2009
Golden Kite Honor Book, 2009
Golden Kite Honor Book, 2008
Winner of Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Among longlisted titles for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice A. ML
Winner of NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2009
Winner of NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy
Among longlisted titles for ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year, 2008
Winner of NYPL Books for the Teen Age, 2009
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year, 2009

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Overall Performance:
" This book was extremely easy for me. Not only was the font big but the amount of pages was pretty low. Also, i understood the entire book perfectly so i didnt need any clarification, reading it went quite fast. The book is basically about girl who gets in a car accident, she is in critical condition and is expected to die. To attempt to save her life her parents use 'biogel' to recreate her entire brain and body. Biogel is a blue gel with special chips and cells in it that can hold memories and essentially keep someone alive without any vital organs. Jenna's (the car accident girl)parents were only able to save 10% of her brain, but its the most important 10%. Jenna wakes up a year later and doesnt remember anything. Eventually the chips in her brain peice things together and she gets all her memory back. The plot was really good, but i guessed the end halfway through the book. I would have given it a two for that reason but the author used alot of details and elaborated on almost everything. She also put short poems in between chapters. Anways pretty good book, but an easy reader. "
— Maddi, 2/20/2014
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" Fantastic story! Love the idea and the characters. "
— Lisa, 2/15/2014
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" This book was okay and it made me think about a lot. "
— Lacey, 1/22/2014
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" Futuristic story. Great read with satisfying plot twists. "
— Yvonne, 1/13/2014
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" interesting book , i enjoyed it . "
— Jodie, 1/12/2014
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" I THINK I really liked this book... It made me think about how far I would go to control my kids life and what I would be willing to do save someone I love. Very interesting... "
— Jodi, 1/6/2014
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" I liked this book, but I wish the ending would have been different. I am curious about the sequels. I will recommend this book to my students who have read other current science fiction like Unwind. This book is not as good as Unwind, but I still really liked it! "
— Lynne, 12/5/2013
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" Though slow to begin, this book grabs you around page 50 and doesn't let go. Raises fascinating questions relating to medical ethics and biotechnology. Guys and girls (but girls more so) grade 8 and up. "
— Mirele, 11/16/2013
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" Interesting and thought provoking read... the beginning was a little slow but the end was incredible and I loved how everything turned out. "
— Alyssa, 10/11/2013
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" fantastic book, but i did not like the ending "
— Bethany, 9/14/2013
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" I loved this book. It was very interesting and unlike anything I'd ever read before. I reccomend it. "
— Savannah, 6/13/2013
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" Read for ninth grade English class. Really not my favorite book. "
— Anna, 2/12/2013
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" Really interesting, if predictable. My favorite of this week's reads. "
— Lori, 10/18/2011
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" I love her style of writing. You know there is something going on, you just cant figure it out! "
— Malori, 8/4/2011
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" I just finished this book and it was one of my favorites. I liked this book a lot! "
— Mikayla, 5/23/2011
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" Slow in some parts, but otherwise liked it. Explores the question of what makes us who we are, and can we be more than our (or other people's) perceptions. "
— Andrea, 5/22/2011
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" This book presented an interesting idea. I like Jenna and her family and I hope that the science in Pearson's book is possible. "
— Chels, 5/21/2011
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" Compelling story...easy to follow plot and surprising ending! "
— Vanessa, 5/15/2011
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" I would give this book 3 1/2 stars if possible. This novel brings up a lot of important questions about how much medical intervention is too much. Very interesting story. "
— Catherine, 5/13/2011
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" Three or four stars, I vacillate. It was a quick read and I enjoyed it. "
— Allison, 5/11/2011
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" Kind of confusing at the begining, but you start to understand it. I'm excited to see what happend to her friends. "
— Katie, 5/11/2011
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" This book is AMESOME!!! That is all i can say. I'm so speechless. I love this book. "
— Anna, 5/10/2011

About Mary E. Pearson

Mary E. Pearson is the author of a number of novels for teens, including A Room on Lorelei Street, David v. God, and Scribbler of Dreams. She writes full time from her home in Carlsbad, California, where she lives with her husband and two dogs.

About Jenna Lamia

Jenna Lamia is an actress and award-winning audiobook narrator. She has won the prestigious Audie Award, as well as more than a dozen AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her narration of The Book of Polly was named a 2018 Outstanding Audiobook Narration by RUSA. She narrated Mary E. Pearson’s The Adoration of Jenna Fox, which won a YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults award, and Carol Lynch Williams’ The Chosen One, for which she received the 2010 Audie Award for Best Female Solo Narration. She has appeared on and off-Broadway, and her acting credits include appearances on Oz, Law & Order: SVU, and NYPD Blue. She has attended Amherst College, New York University, and the Sorbonne in Paris.