Jenna Fox

Jenna Fox is the primary character in the novel. As a young woman, Jenna has been adored by her parents since her birth and treated nearly as a doll. She is placed on a pedestal, and spends much of her life afraid to fall. When she and her friends are in a deadly car accident, her father, a brilliant scientist, saves her life through the illegal use of Bio Gel, a substance that can regenerate cells, tissues, nerves, etc from living tissue. He creates backups of her memories, and keeps her alive within a biological backup system until her body is complete. Once it is, he and his family move to California where they can remain undetected from authorities, and where Jenna can recover.

Jenna awakens in her new body without any memories. Over time, many of these return, but do not mesh with the story her...