327 pages ; 22 cm.

Ages 12 years and up. Razorbill.

Seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow must save her town from a memory-devouring monster.

For generations, a monster called the Memory Eater has lived in the caves of Whistler Beach, Maine, surviving off the unhappy memories of those who want to forget. And for generations, the Harlows have been in charge of keeping her locked up--and keeping her fed. After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow inherits the family business. But there's something Alana doesn't know: the strange gaps in her memory aren't from an accident. Her memories have been taken--eaten. And with them, she's lost the knowledge of how to keep the monster contained. Now the Memory Eater is loose. Alana's mistake could cost Whistler Beach everything--unless she can figure out how to retrieve her own memories and recapture the monster. But as Alana delves deeper into her family's magic and the history of her town, she discovers a shocking secret at the center of the Harlow family business and learns that tampering with memories never comes without a price.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Memory -- Juvenile fiction.

Monsters -- Juvenile fiction.

Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.

Grief -- Juvenile fiction.

Grandmothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction.

Secrets -- Fiction.

Young adult fiction.

Fantasy.

Fantasy fiction.

Novels.

Fantasy fiction.

Novels.

Online version: Mahoney, Rebecca. Memory eater New York : Razorbill, 2023 9780593524619 (DLC) 2022032668

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