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The Memory Book by Lara Avery
3.0

Samantha has a rare degenerative condition which will affect her physically, but the mental effects are much more devastating for this valedictorian debater with Big Plans for University and life beyond. In her last year of highs school, just as she's preparing for uni, Samantha's illness begins to manifest, and dementia starts to set in.

Samantha is smart, forthright, driven, and determined to beat her condition, and if sheer willpower could have any effect, she would be in with a fighting chance. Told in a series of journal entries, we see Samantha struggle to come to terms with her condition, and her slow deterioration as she watches her friends launch into life after high school. We get occasional insights into her friends and families' viewpoints too, as she allows them to add entries to her journal document now and again.