{"id":250,"date":"2017-08-29T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2023-10-02T00:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:17:38","slug":"the-memory-of-forgotten-things","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/the-memory-of-forgotten-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Memory of Forgotten Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-250\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-250-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-250-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-250-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomesociety.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-314 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-11-at-2.32.39-PM.png?resize=194%2C197\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-02-11 at 2.32.39 PM\" width=\"194\" height=\"197\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-11-at-2.32.39-PM.png?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-11-at-2.32.39-PM.png?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 194px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 194\/197;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2019-2020 Jr. Tome It List (grades 6-8)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-347 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-16-at-8.58.15-PM.png?resize=114%2C136\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-08-16 at 8.58.15 PM\" width=\"114\" height=\"136\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 114px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 114\/136;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-250-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-250-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-247 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MEMORY-final-art.jpeg?resize=676%2C1024\" alt=\"MEMORY final art\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MEMORY-final-art.jpeg?w=1324&amp;ssl=1 1324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MEMORY-final-art.jpeg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MEMORY-final-art.jpeg?resize=676%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 676w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 676px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 676\/1024;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-250-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-250-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwestbooksellers.org\/book-awards.html?fbclid=IwAR15rDfgzHriQR_BJXoSoyFPIbBHteuaYu_bJbWalU2FSeS3B5RZyvRwCUg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-342 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-16-at-5.12.20-PM.png?resize=300%2C112\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-08-16 at 5.12.20 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-16-at-5.12.20-PM.png?w=303&amp;ssl=1 303w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/katzhangwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-16-at-5.12.20-PM.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/112;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2019 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award Finalist for YA &amp; Middle Grade<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-250-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-250-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-250-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">One of the happiest memories twelve-year-old Sophia Wallace has is of her tenth birthday. Her mother made her a cake that year\u2014and not a cake from a box-mix, but from scratch. She remembers the way the frosting tasted, the way the pink sugar roses dissolved on her tongue.<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">This memory, and a scant few others like it, are all Sophia has of her mother, so she keeps them close. She keeps them secret, too. Because as paltry as these memories are, she shouldn\u2019t have them at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The truth is, Sophia Wallace\u2019s mother died when she was six years old. But that isn\u2019t how she remembers it. Not always.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Sophia has never told anyone about her unusual memories\u2014snapshots of a past that never happened. But everything changes when Sophia gets assigned a school research project on solar eclipses. She becomes convinced that the upcoming solar eclipse will grant her the opportunity to make her alternate life come true, to enter a world where her mother never died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">With the help of two misfit boys, she must figure out a way to bring her mother back to her\u2014before the opportunity is lost forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-250-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #ec4c4c;\"><strong>\"Zhang\u2019s prose is lyrical and the plot unique and intriguing. A heart-tugging and mind-bending exploration of time and possibility.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\u00a0- School Library Journal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #ec4c4c;\"><strong>\"Full of heart and imagination.\"<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">-\u00a0Kirkus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #ec4c4c;\"><strong>\"Zhang\u2019s story is filled with real-world lessons on compassion and kindness with a sci-fi twist\u2014a skillfully rendered framing device for exploring deeper issues of loss, longing, and acceptance.\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">- Publisher's Weekly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-250-1-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Memory-Forgotten-Things-Kat-Zhang\/dp\/1481478656\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMAZON<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-memory-of-forgotten-things-kat-zhang\/1127208789?ean=9781481478656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BARNES &amp; NOBLES<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781481478656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INDIEBOUND<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019-2020 Jr. Tome It List (grades 6-8)Bank Street Best Children&#8217;s Book of the Year Selection Title \u00a0\u00a0\u00a02019 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award Finalist for YA &amp; Middle Grade This memory, and a scant few others like it, are all Sophia has of her mother, so she keeps them close. She keeps them secret, too. Because as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1sxpY-42","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}