The Memory Thieves
Darren Simpson
Subjects
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
Average rating
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022
What you don’t remember can’t hurt you…
Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a mysterious warning carved into the bones of a whale skeleton, he starts to wonder what he had to forget to be so happy.
New resident, Jonquil, begins to resist the sanctuary’s treatment, preferring to hold on to her memories – even the bad ones. So when Dr Haven resorts to harsher measures, Cyan embarks on a secret mission to discover the truth about the sanctuary…and himself.
""Marvellously visual and gripping"" – A. M. Howell
Reviews
An amazing book with a beautifully written plot it is clear that the author put much thought and dedication into this novel along with much research. The memory thieves is realistic and believable almost as if the Elsewhere sanctuary really does exist on the isolated Island of Elsewhere. The story is thrilling and the plot is full of hidden and unexpected twists.
Agent Itchy Sherbet 01.09.2024
i love chapter 10 called disclosure and chapter 23 called somtime somewhere these wher my favavorite ones
Anonymous 25.08.2023
I liked the idea of a moving cube building thing. It was thrilling and had a brilliant twist. I also liked how the 'Part 1, part 2, part 3' style you get in most books of decent length was replaced by treatment phases and doses and stuff.
Judge Dobbin Foxtail 20.08.2022
I really enjoyed this book about children at an isolated academy who have had their memories suppressed/ temporarily deleted due to childhood trauma. The story shows why it's good and healthy to feel ,bad as well as good, and there is good advice from rhe author at the end of the book on that subject. With the pressures on teens and YA (and younger children) to cope with traumas and bury negative events and emotions, this book encourages talking, feeling and working thi gs out. Great for positive mental health. Highly recommended.
Anonymous 14.08.2022
Cyan is a great character along with Ruby who I think He likes and it’s interesting to see that he rebels against Dr haven after being in slave in the builders of the members of the grounds as a prisoner and I like the express expression that he uses lab rats because it’s it is just so true it’s such a great book and I recommend it to about the age group of 10 to 12 it’s fantastic it was fiction and it was amazing
Lady Cynthia Bookmark 01.08.2022
It was thrilling and had a brilliant twist. I liked the idea of a moving cube building. It sounds like a Rubik's cube.
Judge Dobbin Foxtail 01.09.2021
