Red is for Remembrance
Encyclopedia
Red Is for Remembrance is a teen mystery
novel
written by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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Jacob drowned on a cruise. She's stayed at the beach
side cottage
they shared for months with her friends Amber and Drea, refusing to rejoin the outside world.
Once she starts having nightmare
s again, the college president calls her for a private meeting. He reveals that his daughter
, Porsha, is having nightmares, too. While Stacy dreams of a ghost
, Porsha dreams of a murder
she's convinced hasn't happened yet. Together they decode their dark and disturbing dreams to save someone's life, which may result in the ending , if not both, of their own.
The book is also in a point of view of a boy named Shell. We find out later that Shell has amnesia
and can not remember his past. He may be the boy Porsha is dreaming about...who knows. Maybe Stacey will be able to find Jacob, maybe this book will become a romance.
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Laurie Faria Stolarz is an American author of young adult fiction novels, best known for her Blue is for Nightmares series. Her works, which feature teenage protagonists, blend elements found in mystery and romance novels.-Background:...
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Plot summary
Stacy Brown, now about to start Beacon University, hasn't been the same since her boyfriendBoyfriend
A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed relationships, where other titles A boyfriend is a person's regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship, although normally not in long-term committed...
Jacob drowned on a cruise. She's stayed at the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
side cottage
Cottage
__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
they shared for months with her friends Amber and Drea, refusing to rejoin the outside world.
Once she starts having nightmare
Nightmare
A nightmare is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the mind, typically fear or horror, but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror...
s again, the college president calls her for a private meeting. He reveals that his daughter
Daughter
A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. The male equivalent is a son. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.-Etymology:...
, Porsha, is having nightmares, too. While Stacy dreams of a ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
, Porsha dreams of a murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
she's convinced hasn't happened yet. Together they decode their dark and disturbing dreams to save someone's life, which may result in the ending , if not both, of their own.
The book is also in a point of view of a boy named Shell. We find out later that Shell has amnesia
Amnesia
Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...
and can not remember his past. He may be the boy Porsha is dreaming about...who knows. Maybe Stacey will be able to find Jacob, maybe this book will become a romance.