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The Lost Mind

Christopher Pike (1995)

SubgenreLow Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads3.69

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Protagonist archetypes

Amnesiac

Synopsis

She awoke in the woods beside a dead body. There was a knife in her hand, blood on her clothes. Had she killed the young woman who lay beside her? She couldn’t remember. She couldn’t remember anything. Not even her own name. It was as if someone had stolen her mind. Stolen her soul.

Is The Lost Mind appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 14 and up.

Teen mystery thriller with moderate violence (waking beside a dead body, blood, implied murder) and psychological suspense around memory loss and potential guilt. No sexual content or strong language.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death, and blood (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will be hooked by the amnesiac protagonist trying to solve whether she committed murder while piecing together her lost identity.

Tags

Psychological ThrillerMysterySuspense