The One Memory of Flora Banks

Reach for this book when your teenager is grappling with questions of identity, the reliability of memory, or the desire for independence despite physical or neurological limitations. Flora Banks is a seventeen-year-old with anterograde amnesia who can only retain information for a few hours. When a single kiss creates a lasting memory, she embarks on a solo journey to the Arctic to find the boy she believes cured her. This is a complex psychological mystery that explores themes of trust, parental overprotection, and the construction of self. While the premise feels like a romance, it evolves into a gripping exploration of personal agency and the painful reality of hidden family secrets. It is ideal for mature teens who appreciate unreliable narrators and stories about finding strength within one's own mind.