And one thing’s for sure: I am not telling them that I know her.Ĭalli’s raw, pained honesty and Jinsong’s tortured struggle to do the right thing regardless of what others will say carve two parallel narratives that converge as they each discover what it means to become the people they know themselves capable of being. I hear them whisper, “Freak Girl.” I see the smirks on their faces. I don’t have to wonder what Duncan and Nyle think. Part of what makes Forget Me Not so genuine is Jinsong’s honest reaction in that moment: But when Calli walks into his classroom the next morning…Īlthough Jinsong saw hints of Calli’s tics when he first met her this is the first time he sees them in front of their peers. He is hoping she will start at their school the next day. When Calli meets Jinsong in their apartment complex before she starts at Black Ridge Intermediate, he thinks she’s interesting and nice. Once diagnosed with Tourette’s Calli has been told by her doctor not to share that information:īecause that’s all they’ve seen in the moviesĪs a result, Calli doesn’t tell anyone at her new school she has Tourette’s, but is–of course–unable to control the tics that sometimes take over her body. This literary choice by the author helps make each of their voices distinct and effective in telling their dual story.
George, Utah–the place where Calli and her mother end up within the first ten pages.Ĭalli’s perspective is always told using free verse and Jinsong’s is told using prose.
The story is written from the perspectives of Calliope (Calli), a young girl who loves astronomy, has moved to new towns (and schools)many more times than she’d like and suffers from Tourette’s syndrome and Jinsong, the student body president of Black Ridge Intermediate School in St. I just finished Forget Me Not, read it in one sitting and couldn’t wait to share it! Forget Me Not is a brilliant debut from new author Ellie Terry.
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