Sarah Dessen Books

The books were received very quickly. I was very happy with the seller and would love to do business with them again.

This series of books was a perfect gift for my teenaged daughter. Being an avid reader, she's read two of them in the last week.

Dog (Colonel Bastian) comes to town and starts to shake things up!!! Scientists, Geniuses, Special Forces men and women, they all are equal and fair in hus eye...

The begining is a bit boring but the middle is anxious and to top it all the last third is all heart-pounding, burning the midnight oil action. Step by step Brown lures u in and u just cant escape

I wanted to be moved by this story about a girl supporting her best friend through a difficult time, but the main character Halley was whiny and self-involved, surpassed in the annoying category only by her clueless harpy of a psychologist mom. Everything from the bad boy love interest to the climatic prom night was cliched. The author would have done much better to focus on Halley's strong and interesting pregnant best friend Scarlett.

Just one more book that I've added to my "Favorite Book Ever" list!
I did cry at the end, as I usually do with any good book. =]

A good friend of mine suggested that I buy this book for my thirteen year old daughter. I am so glad I did! She loves to read, but it's hard to find books that she really likes. Once she started reading this one, she didn't want to put it down. She was done with it in a week. Very nice message for teenage girls.

This book is so great. It deals with so many trials of teen life. It shows teens how fast everything can change and how one little mistake can change everything. Very well written and engaging.

*sigh* Sarah Dessen is just about one of the greatest fiction authors today. Her books are just so amazing and real... and this one, Someone Like You, was no exception.

15 year old Halley has been best friends with Scarlett Thomas ever since she moved into the neighborhood during elementary school. And since then, they have been inseparable. Halley also used to be really close to her therapist mother. But the summer before Halley's junior year, things begin to change. She begins to break away and rebel against her mother. Scarlett's boyfriend dies suddenly in a motorcycle accident, and she discovers she is carrying his baby. And to top it all off, Halley begins her first serious relationship that could prove even more difficult than she thought it would be.

What I loved about this book (and every other Dessen novel, for that matter) is how she captures the reality of a teenage girl and how difficult it can be! And the relationships portrayed here were just amazing. I was completely sucked into this book and I could not put it down.

For Dessen fans, you will be excited to read this one and add it to your collection. For those who haven't read anything by her, pick this one up! You won't regret it!

Sarah Dessen just keeps getting better and better with each novel I read by her. The characters are so gripping and wonderful that you want to find out what happens to them, but you never want the book to end. It was no different with This Lullaby.

Remy knows relationships. Each time they begin to get too serious, she gives him "the talk". And she's given that talk many times. But one day she meets Dexter, clumsy, sweet, and-not-willing-to-give-up Dexter. They soon begin to grow closer and finally they start dating. But Remy can't figure out why she doesn't feel the need to dump him. Is it possible that she's finally figuring out what love really means?

This book was impossible to put down. I just had to keep reading to find out what would happen with Remy and Dexter. What's so great about this book (and all of Sarah's books, for that matter) is that they have to do with real life. Her books are real and true, and they will leave an impression on you. If you're looking for a book about a real teenage girl's life and the happiness, heartache, sorrow, joy, and drama that goes along with it, then pick up this one. You will love it.

Payton's Book Reveiw
This Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen, is about a girl named Remy and her life after high school graduation. It begins by Remy's mother getting married to a guy named Don. Remy forgot to tell Don something about the wedding, so she goes back to tell him, but she has to wait because he is busy trying to sell a car. While Remy is waiting in the waiting room at the car dealer shop, a guy comes over and starts saying that she is going to be the next girlfriend he will have. She already has a boyfriend, so she tries to get away, but he grabs her by the hand and writes his phone number and his name, then runs off. The next week Remy and her friends (Jess, Lissa and Chloe) are going to a party, but Lissa is going to see her boyfriend first, so she is going to catch up. Apparently someone at the party invited the guy (Dexter, from the car dealer shop), because he is in a band to play at the party. Remy grabs her friend and tries to get away from him, but she losses her breath, and because of it he catch's up to her. Her friends are wondering what is going on, so Dexter tells them how they met. After Dexter left, Remy's boyfriend (Jonathan) comes up and grabs her by the waist with his arm. He has to go to his trailer and Remy goes along with him. While she is waiting for him Remy finds something that doesn't belong to him or her, and because of it she breaks up with him, but she was going to break up with him anyway, so it didn't matter. When Remy finds her friends Jess said, "We have a problem." When they get to the car, Remy finds Lissa curled up crying. Apparently Lissa's Boyfriend broke up with her. The next chapter is the wedding day. Lissa is better, but she got easily drunk. Chloe also got drunk, but not as bad as Lissa. Jess came late which wasn't like her. Usually Chloe was the one who is late trying to get ready. Dexter is the music person singing for Don and Remy's mother dance song together that Remy didn't know about, so she goes outside and smoked (she was also trying to stop smoking).
This book has a gookmeaning to it because it tells how maybe some people life is after their graduation. It also tells how it is when you lose someone you love a long time ago, and how it feels when you have a mother that wants to have a real family. This is for people who like romance, crushes and break ups (Romantic Books). It would be apparently to a girl in middle school and up.

This Lullaby falls under the rejoicible book category. (That is, I rejoice its truth and poignancy.) This was the fourth Dessen book I picked up, the one I really got caught in. The plot itself isn't all that mesmerizing, I'll admit. I mean, what's so special about a tough girl with a revolving door of boyfriends and an irresponsible mother? This book is as coming-of-age as they come, meaning unless you care about the characters and how they grow throughout the novel, you won't enjoy it. But I loved Remy, the main character, and I loved how Sarah Dessen handled her, and handled the characters that surrounded her. Which is why I say I'm a character gal.


You know, it's hard to write a tough girl like Remy without making her gratuitously hard-up or just plain narcissistic. Come to think of it, she was one of the few truly tough characters I've come across in all the books I've read. I really thought she was well defined and shaped, and reading the book through her eyes was one hell of a trip. The writing was Sarah Dessen at her best. It was exactly what it needed to be to be to make this novel work--sarcastic, intuitive, confident; but with it all accompanied a certain sadness. Pitch-perfect.

Oh, and for people who have read this book: Hate Spinnerbait. Love Dexter. Yeah, baby!

Would I recommend this novel? Strongly. I challenge anyone to tell me otherwise.

Rating: 9/10

Remy has seen a lot in her young life: a father who proclaimed he'd let her down in his only hit song (and lived up to it); a mother whose fifth wedding she has to plan knowing it probably won't last; a pothead brother who's turning into a self-help project for a up-and-coming girl he met at his job at Jiffy Lube...

And it doesn't end then there. On top of it all, there's her own issues, with love, with guys (she's been out of control since a date rape in ninth grade she never told anyone about), and control. Though she hardly ever is in control, Remy needs to feel like she is, mostly by breaking up with one of the many guys who are really all the same. And then a gangly musician whose shoes won't stay tied and heart is wide open calls to her in a car dealership.

In the end, she's got to find her own song and figure out if love is worth a try after all. Sometimes it's hard watching her figure it out, but as her romance writer mother and mismatched group of friends point out, something is definitely different this time and only Remy can decide how it all will end. The first Dessen for this mom and writer. Definitely not the last.

"This Lullaby" by Sarah Dessen will make you laugh out loud in some parts but also make you want to reach into the pages and slap the main character until she comes to her senses in other parts. It makes you think and stirs emotions inside you. "This Lullaby" is just... awesome. It kept me up for hours into the night, the words becoming a real lullaby, telling me a story before I finally put the book down to sleep. I love to read but after reading the "twilight" series, I found most books dull this book sparked my interest though, and I just couldn't put it down. It's a must-read!

~RaeAnn

I began reading this two days ago, and I couldn't put it down. The storyline was good. It was a real view of what girls do in abusive relationships. It could help people understand a little more why women stay with abusive guys.
A realistic point of view about mothers with their daughters.

I read somewhere that Dessen didn't want people to just call this a problem book...though it does have a problem book plot but I would NEVER consider it a problem book because it's very good. This was my very first Dessen book and I am a fan of her work so this one is pretty good. Not good at summarizing so I'm not but please read this if you're into girly books because it's good...also if you're into books like Perfect by Natasha Friend I think you'll like it!

Dreamland is a very realistic book that shows what its like to be in an abusive relationship. It is about a girl named Caitlin and how she is constantly in her older, seemingly perfect sister's shadow. Cass, her sister, suddenly runs away on Caitlin's 16th birthday. Her mom basically flips out and can tell she is deeply concerned. She feels like she should have seen it coming. Her dad, on the other hand, becomes more quiet.
Caitlin always felt like she was under Cass in everyone's eyes. She turns down a football player in order to choose a different path than Cass. She ends up with Rogerson, this dark dreadlocked mysterious boy. He goes to a private school and everyone sees him as dangerous but Caitlin holds on because of how interesting he is.
At first, she is very excited about how the relationship is going- completely away from anything her sister would do. She likes how interesting and different Rogerson is. After a fight, ending in Rogerson hitting her, she is stunned. Although, she stays with him because she can see the hurt in his eyes after he has done wrong and she almost feels sorry for him since she knows he goes through the same thing at home. I never understood why people would stay with eachother in an abusive relationship but Dessen does a good job of getting the reader to understand. The book does have a good ending, though i wont give it away.
Not only was the story line intriguing, but the book was just very well written. You saw many different sides of each character and it really brought you into the story. I felt like i was watching a movie and when i had to stop reading i wanted to go back home and press play and let the story unfold.
I highly recommend this book to girls probably above the age of 14/15. It can be disturbing at some points, but given the plot line, its acceptable.
I really enjoyed getting to understand different reasonings from this book, and i thought it was written very well.

i didn't really like this book because it was written a little amaturish... she didn't really add a lot of details so there weren't many places where scenes were vivid. I thought i would love this book because i am usually a fan of her books, but i just don't think it was her best work. it had a good story, but just not enough details to back it so it didn't hold my interest very well.

This is the sort of book that could go in many sorts of ways. It could be considered dull and cliched by people bored with the subject. It could be said to be encouraging bad, dangerous behavior. And it could also be said to be one of the most incredible books a reader will stumble upon.

Sarah Dessan's other books are pretty much of the same material. The girl and the problem. But while "Dreamland" fits snugly in this template, unlike Dessan's others, it stands out as a book that members of both genders can enjoy, understand, and treasure, mostly because this book is about so much more than main character Caitlin and her "problem".

For some readers, this book appears to be dumb and pointless. Why? Because it tackles serious issues, and handles them well. Caitlin's story is TOO real. Her problems EXIST. They are relevant and important aspects of our society, ones we tend to ignore. "Dreamland" brings us into a character who falls into traps, who slowly begins to disappear from herself through pain and drugs.

"Dreamland" is so complete, so well formed. It is an important story of the girl and the problem where the problem is the most important person in her life and she refuses to give it away. Caitlin's dependence, need, and ultimate pain from this need is all so real and well done. The writing is clear and well-done. The characters are drawn out in such ways that they are all extremely real, though not always too three-dimensional.

For its incredible way of handling important issues alone, "Dreamland" is highly recommended. On the whole, an excellent, important book.

Let's talk about why this book rocked:

Sarah Dessen is a good writer. What I mean is, she creates believable and relatable characters that very adequately reflect what teens are like. My favorite part of the books I've read by her is the dialogue, which, if you examine carefully, is unique to whichever character she's writing about. Sarah creates well-rounded characters--that's a fact. And it's probably her biggest skill.

Now, let's talk about the girl of the hour, Macy Queen. Quite a confused young woman, Miss Queen is. Her father died, and grief-stricken Macy keeps blaming herself. Worse, she comes to think that if she can just keep things at a constant, that is, perfectly still, she can control her life. And that's her biggest flaw: this unfailing faith in perfection that she simply won't snap out of.

Enter Wes and the whole Wish Catering crew. They help Macy come to life-altering realizations about the controlled forever she keeps thinking she can attain. Wes, especially, helps her see that the future--the eventual forever--is about changes and imperfections and learning from your mistakes, not a present that moves forward with time, never changing.

What can I say about this book? It had a nice message. It was well written. The characters--Wes, in particular--were for the most part great. I don't know how else to elaborate on it, because, to me, this book speaks for itself.

Rating: 8/10

Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen expects to spend her summer working at the library while her boyfriend, Jason, goes away to Brain Cramp. During her free time, she's either studying for her SATs or grieving over the recent death of her father.
But when Macy is forced to help out in the kitchen at one of her mother's open house events, she meets the crazy Wish Catering crew. They're everything Macy isn't - they live by the moment and though there's usually chaos in the middle, everything is okay in the end. Before long, she's hired to help them and ditches her job at the library. She spends all of her time with the Wish crew - quiet Monica; fashion obsessed Kristy; big hearted Delia; and best of all; artistic and understanding Wes. How is it that she can plan her life out in front of her and change her life to fit Jason's, when there's a whole different world of people out there?

The Truth About Forever was the first book by Sarah I ever read. I'd heard so much about it that I couldn't help picking it up at the local K-mart. I had high expectations what I read this book and I wasn't disapointed.

Sarah Dessen pulls off a worn plot with grace and adds an unexpected twist. The characters are easy to relate to, three dimensional and romance doesn't rule the plot. There were definitely moments my stomach was aching and other moments I was cheering Macy on. The meaning is great and it had me thinking about what forever really is.

I'd definitely recommend The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen to anyone who enjoys books with three dimensional characters, a touch of romance, and a great plot.

Corinne C. review of The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, March 17, 2008.

This book takes place in the South and is the story of a girl named Macy whose father died and is now left to live with her mother. After her father died, her mother concentrated solely on her work and tried to be strong by not grieving so she busied herself with her work. As a result, Macy and her mother's relationship grew farther and farther apart. Macy was expected to be "fine just fine" while getting perfect grades and having a boyfriend that is perfect in every way. When Macy starts catering for one of her mother's employees, her life turns for what she thinks is for the better. She enjoys life more and is more free because her boyfriend is off at camp. Her mother, however, is not used to Macy being just a regular human and bans her from catering and seeing all her friends that she has made. Macy is very depressed for a while but then starts worrying about how much work her mom is throwing on herself. Her mom eventually cracks and Macy is able to tell her mom everything. Unfortunately, she has a crush on someone from catering and when her boyfriend returns she is forced to choose between them. I give this book five stars because I was able to relate to the main character. The writing was very good and gave the reader the ability to picture in their minds what was happening. Overall, this was a very good book and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a character that they can relate to with an ordinary life that sounds extraordinary.

I love Sarah Dessen's simple, straightforward writing style--sprinkled with just the right amount of poetic, beautiful prose in this novel. This is a lovely and subtle story about relationships, grief, loss, change, courage, and making the most out of life. (And I happened to love the ending!)

Holy cow. Holy cow. Holy cow. I LOVED THIS BOOK. Sarah Dessen is officially one of my new favorite authors, and this is the only book of hers that I've read!! It was so heartwarming and true... I just loved every single thing about it!

The characters were just amazing. Macy was such a great main character. I could really connect with her and feel for her. Wes... oh my gosh, if you don't fall completely in love with him there's something wrong with you! He's like the perfect guy. The supporting cast was excellent as well: hilarious Bert, exciting Kristy, quiet Monica, Macy's mom and sister...The writing was great as well. It wasn't over the top. It was simple and enjoyable... It was very, very, very hard for me to put this book down. I found myself staying up way too late to read this book because it was so addicting.

Before reading this book, I didn't really like fiction or chick-lit novels because they have always seemed to be fake, boring, and shallow. But because of this wonderful book, I will definitely be picking up more fiction the next time I'm at the bookstore!! So. If you don't read this book, you are definitely missing out! Sarah Dessen is one of the greatest authors out there! Trust me!!

Sarah Dessen did it again. Every novel she's written has been amazing, and this book is no exception.

Just Listen
Sarah Dessen

Annabel Greene has a problem, she is perfect on TV but when it comes to reality she needs all the help she can get. That's before she meets Owen Armstrong who is intense, music obsessed, and determined to tell the truth. He asks her to look at her life in a new way and it is like waking up with new eyes. Sophie use to be best friends with Annabel until the night of the party when things got a little crazy and now the only thing Annabel ever hears for Sophie are things no person ever wants to hear.
This book had me captured by the first 5 pages. I loved this book so much because it makes you feel as if you are right there with Annabel as she grows and tries to understand how the world works. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books about friends, lying, being scared of what other people think or just in friendship and learning who you really are. It was compelling, had a great pace, and was easy to understand. I hope everyone enjoys this book just like I did.

- Caitlyn J.

Sarah Dessen continues to amaze me. I just don't understand how she can capture so perfectly the life of a teenage girl and yet she does. This was really evident in this book, Just Listen. Annabel was one of the most real characters I have ever read about. What she goes through in this novel is heartbreaking, but so wonderful and true. Owen was the perfect guy, so honest and just a good friend. I loved the journey these characters went on, as well as the other characters in the story, including Sophie, Clarke, and Whitney.

I could not put this book down for the life of me and when I had to, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I finished it in less than 24 hours and it filled me with so many emotions that I haven't felt in a while from books. Honestly, this book was one of the best books I have ever read. I think it might've changed my life. And I hope it will for you, too.

Sarah Dessen as an admirable author in that she has the quite amazing ability to enrapture a reader from the first page. She can tell a whole huge story while making it feel perfectly concise and to the point. Useful, when the book in your hand is heavy and thick.

"Just Listen" maintains what all of Dessen's other books have - excellent writing, good characterization (occasionally forced, but still okay), and sisters (has anybody else noticed this theme?). The emotions in this book are great, as usual. It's difficult not to cry several times throughout.

But... there are some flaws. Originality is one that began to bother me a bit. As some other reviewers mentioned, there are quite a few common threads with the oh-so-excellent "Speak", which while redeeming, is also annoying. Originality means a lot for a story, and while "Just Listen" is completely different in just about every respect, I felt that some things didn't have their special "spark".

In the end, reading this is a kind of joy (or guilty pleasure for some). It's not the sort of book to put down, it's written really well, and gives a pretty good story for readers. It is definitely recommended to Dessen's mostly-teen girl fanbase, but not only. All readers will be able to appreciate various aspects of this book. Some may like the plot. Others the writing. Some may just like the music theme and its fun. Personally, the family relations were my favorite, because they were different and realistic.

A book whose rating changes by the mood, but is always technically good.

my 14 year old granddaughter is a sarah dessen fan .... i have only read the synopsis, but spoke with teachers and they too recommend, so we make sure she has any of sarah dessen's books as they come out. good gift idea.

These two stories are great. I was into thses books and I was so glad to find out that these stories were being made into a movie!!!

Although I loved the movie and the two books the movie was based on, I do think "How to Deal" should have been based on the movie. I though it was kinda odd that a movie was based on two different books. I gave this book four stars because I gave "Someone Like You" and "That Summer" each four stars. Honestly, if the book had been about the movie, I would have given it five stars.

I picked up this book, because How To Deal is my favorite movie. When I read in the beginning how it was differnt, I thought, fun. Something new and exciting. As I read along, I realized that it was pretty good. They use the same characters, there was almost the same plot as the movie so it wasn't that difficult to follow along. I couldn't put it down and finished it in 2 days. I was extremly dissapointed with the ending. Other then that, I give it a pretty decent review.

For those of you looking for a great read, How To Deal is the perfect book. You will be getting two of Sarah Dessen's novels in one: Someone Like You and That Summer. The Movie How To Deal was made based on these two books. Both are wonderful reads for adolescent girls going through the pains and joys of growing up. In Someone Like You, best friends Halley and Scarlette struggle through Scarlette's pregnancy and together strive through the loss of a close friend. This book shows the blessings of a best friend, and how important it is to have someone to care about. In That Summer, Haven struggles through the pains of family life and first loves. It teaches the importance of family sticking together, and how wonderful and painful first loves can be. Both books are excellent novels and guides that every teenage girl will be able to relate to.

As an aspiring young writer who would love to see more books that deal with the problems teenagers face seriously, I was interested in How to Deal and the 2 books that inspired it. Unfortunately, in both respects I was left highly dissappointed.

Someone Like You, the book that the movie followed the closest, was more substantial, but also more irritating. Halley was fairly likable in the movie (although Mandy Moore may have had something to do with it), but I hated the book version. She constantly makes stupid decisions like smoking and cutting class to hang out with a guy who is basically a scumbag, then whines that her mother doesn't understand her. Hey moron, maybe your mom's just mad because you're acting like a retard. I never felt sorry for her because she pretty much deserved everything she got. I did like Halley and Scarlett's relationship, and I also preferred how Michael died in the book to the movie. (A motorcycle accident instead of dropping dead in the middle of the field. It's OH SO TRAGIC!!!) But the overdramatic ending where the whole class comes to the birth of Scarlett's baby was really stupid.

That Summer was at least more realistic. Too bad almost nothing happened. The movie How to Deal took the familial struggles from this book. Haven didn't make Halley's stupid decisions, but Dessen made a mistake almost exclusively centering the book around her because she does NOTHING until the climax. She basically gets caught up in what's around her and whines that things can't be better. The book would have also been better if it fleshed out the characters. I would have liked to have known more about Sumner. Also, despite the fact that her Dad's divorce is one of the big thorns in Haven's side, he almost never appears in the book.

I'm really pretty shocked that this stuff is what teenagers read. Pregnancy, divorce, and falling in love are all big issues for teenagers, who are already going through drastic life changes. Unfortunately, Dessen doesn't do anything new with the complex issues. It's the same old stuff. What a shame, because I would really love if someone tackled these subjects in the complex way they deserved.

Being 16 and pregnant would be quit the roadblock in a young girls life. Without a good friend it would be hard to handle on your own. That's what this book is all about! That's the plot and the message of this book.

In this book Halley and Scarlett are best friends. Scarlett ends up getting pregnant wither boyfriend, Michael Sherwood. To put the icing on the cake, Michael dies in a horrible motorcycling accident, leaving Scarlett alone to defend for her self. But Halley never leaves Scarlett's side. They have their ups and downs but they stick together throughout the whole book; dealing with death, boys for Halley, high school and life.

My favorite part of the book is when Sarah Dessen goes in-depth on Halley and Macon's (Halley's boyfriend) relationship. Even though they did some things, they were fun and interesting to read about. Her description showed real life emotions and feelings of teenagers. There was romance, love, fighting, and relationships.

The message of this book is, you can't live without friends. Without friends, life sucks. Friends make life fun, interesting, and they make life easier. So be nice to people and make friends. Maybe you will get lucky enough to find a best friend. Also to wait to have kids till after you get done with high school. I really enjoyed this book. I would rate this book like a 4, 5 being the best and 1 being the worst. This book is romantic; it has drama, love, friendship, and high school. I didn't really find anything that I would change about this book. I would suggest anyone who loves a good chick flick kind of book; you should read, Someone Like You.

...It is about a girl named Halley who is just dropped off at a camp called Sister Hood camp, she begins to change, when her best friend Scarlett calls her late at night, saying her boyfriend Michal the most popluar boy in her high school, has been killed on his brand new motercycle, later in "Someone Like You" We find out about Scarlett being pregnet with Michal's child. We find out about how she goes though it with Halley's help! Meanwhile Halley is finding herself with her first love a boy named Macon who was Michal's best friend, she faces diffacuilt desions thourgh out there relationship. It is a fablous book, it really taught me about myself! Meanwhile "Keeping the Moon" is complatly opposite and is still a great story! It is about a girl named Colie who has always been teased about her weight, same as her mother, they where always traveling, intil one day her mother meets a health club owner, she helps her mom find a job as a fitness women and Colie and her lose a lot of pounds, but meanwhile the jet-black died hair and the lip ring makes Colie different when she has to stay with her crazy Aunt, for the summer. She meets friends that will change her and makes her more confident about herself and her weight, she even falls for someone! These books were faboulos and great!I loved them both! Read them!

This two books were the best books I have ever read! The author Sarah Dessen, is a great writer. She truly brings life to any character that she writes about. This two stories are about incrediable heroines that will make you want to read more of her work. They are about to girls facing there problems and are willing to overcome them. Each different they make both stories excellent!!! "Someone like You" is about a girl named Halley who has always been close to her mother but when dropped off at camp things change when her best friend Scarlett calls saying her boyfriend died and later in the story she friends out that Scarlett is pregnet. While Halley is soon falling for someone herself and that realationship with a boy name Macon. It truely taught me about myself. "Keeping the moon" is about a girl named Nicole, called Colie, her mother and her used to be extremly over-weight intil her Mom becomes a famous fitness instructer, appearing on T.V. and more she is send to live with her Aunt, crazy as she is for the summer, while her Mom promotes things in Europe. It was a great book also. These are fantastic books!!!!! I reccomend it to any 13 and up girl! One who is mature!

This book is really cool and nice, i like it a lot. It's a really good book, because it's just so excellent. The book is like the best and there is no other book as good as this one because this book is the best. It's like really cool, too. I like it greatly, please read it because it is just so good, it's unbelievable. This book is like super-cool and it's just so nice and swell. This is like the bestest book ever.
Oh yeah and after reading this review you probably think i didn't really read the book, but i did i was just too lazy to write a real review 'cause that's too much work for me.

Both of these stories about teenaged girls, Halley & Scarlett in "Someone like you" and Colie in "Keeping the moon" held me captive. Sarah Dessenýs writing is refreshingly honest, and she is a highly respected writer for the genre. Iýve never seen a bad review of her writing. I identified so well with all of these characters on some level. I was never pregnant, but one of my best friends was. These books suck you right in.

I highly recommend you buying this! I am glad I did.

Just to alert anyone who plans to read Dessen's novels, this was also published as Keeping the Moon. Lucky for me, I was borrowing them from the library when I made this discovery and didn't have to return a book. Great story though!

This book is great... just like all the other Sarah Dessen books. If you are a teenage girl, This is a must read. Once you read this your hooked to Sarah Dessen and have to read all her books.