Sarah Dessen Books

You absolutely WON'T be disappointed with these books.
All of these books are completely amazing.
If I had to choose a favorite it would have to be Dreamland.

The books were delivered to me very quickly. They were in pretty good shape, a little more beat up then I would have liked, but still good quality. It was an excellent deal, thanks!

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

After reading The Truth About Forever, I backtracked to Sarah Dessen's second published novel, Someone Like You. Thinking back on this, I probably should have at least waited a day before plowing into more Dessen books, because I couldn't help making comparisons and switching so quickly between first person books can be disorienting. Of course, that didn't stop me in the least.

Someone Like You is very much an early novel, filled with firsts for Halley and her best friend, Scarlett. First relationships, first sexual encounters, first parties...right down to first pregnancies. This legion of firsts quickly pile up as an obstacle course for Halley and Scarlett's friendship, testing it to its limits as lifelong best friends switch roles and navigate through high school life with a baby on the way. Scarlett is the bold one, and Halley is the shy one, both suffering through reversals of very unexpected proportions, and while their circumstances shove them into different roles they are still very much pressing on each other and depending on each other at the same time. Halley is going through her first relationship with bad boy Macon, the best friend of Scarlett's unborn baby's deceased father (that, is quite a mouthful), and feeling the pressures of giving in to his relentless need for sex. Scarlett, with enough experience behind her to know better, stands as Halley's obvious moral compass, much to everyone's distress. When things start to come apart, the baby is on its way, and friendship is certainly the one thing that is going to keep them both on their feet.

This isn't as well done as The Truth About Forever, with a rushed ending only the miracle of birth can supply. Halley and Macon's relationship is left teetering on a cliff of will they/won't they, leaving it up to the readers as to where Halley stands on the issue. The book is mainly Scarlett and Halley, as it should be, and their new addition to the party. Which is just fine, just not as satisfying as it could have been in the end.

Have you ever had a friend who cared so much about you and would do anything for you? Well that's what the relationship between the main character (Halley) and her best friend (Scarlett).
Halley and Scarlett have been best friends since Elementary School, and now they are teenagers struggling through high school. With Halley getting a new boyfriend and the death of Scarlett's boyfriend there is a lot of drama surrounding the town of Lakeview. But there is quite a surprise that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This realistic-fiction book will take you for a full roller coaster ride.
I thought this book was good. It wasn't a book that you knew what was going to happen. It wasn't too wordy where your tongue would get twisted; there were enough words for you to visualize and not overwhelm you. I would recommend this book for young adults. It has situations that teens deal with today and I think they would make a good connection with the book. I also liked that the book was a good length, it wasn't too short or too long. It was just right.
The only thing I didn't like about the book was the summary on the back of the book. It gave away too much information, which ended up ruining the big surprise of the book. So if you were to read the book, which I highly recommend, then don't read the back of the book you will enjoy it more.
Overall I thought Sarah Dessen did a good job writing the book. So if you're a teeny bopper looking for a good book to read then read Someone Like You!

Love this book. Sarah Dessen is one talented writer. The story is captivating, truthful, and realistic. Funny, sad, and all together great!

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. =]

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.

the synopsis of the story at first spiked my interest. however, my opinion of it got slowly lower, and lower, first with all the drinking, smoking and sex mentioned in the book. but that didn't bother me as much as how BORING it was. the story progressed so slowly, i had to put down the book at almost every chapter to occupy myself with something else more interesting. also, i kept waiting for some good substance to make up for the slow wait, but it never came and though the ending was predictable, it was extremely dissatisfying. overall, slow and boring, though i do have to say Dexter was my favorite character, i liked his personality very much.

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.

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 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

The topic of Dreamland breaks off from the rest of Sarah Dessen's novels in dramatic fashion, focusing on what would happen if Sarah's usual soul searching female lead fell for an abusive boy instead of the likable types we all know and love. What would happen then? How would the story change?

Abusive relationships are difficult for most who haven't been through them to process clearly, and in this regard I think Sarah Dessen does a good job of situating the characters and plot that lead to how such a relationship blossoms under the extreme stress placed upon Caitlin. Caitlin goes through the story bumping into things, becoming involved in things she doesn't necessarily like (Cheer leading, for instance) and insisting that they "just happened," as if she had no say in the matter. The same is true for her relationship to Rogerson, which "just happens" one day and manages to evolve because Rogerson is very intriguing. He seems to know the answer to any trivia question ever conceived, which Caitlin finds impressive, along with his wild hair and successful private school life. He's smart as a whip and definitely mysterious, a recipe for being a heart breaker. Caitlin is swept away quickly and shoved under before she knows it. Rogerson may be intriguing, but he's an obsessive type that leads quickly to his placing non-existent blame on Caitlin, and she suffers physically as a result.

Despite this, she can't break away. She's under water, drowning in Rogerson's abuse and unable to help herself or reach out for help. Instead she covers up the bruises and delves deeper into the relationship, seeing no other option for what to do. She becomes increasingly stressed, anxious, and pushes away her friends, doing anything she can to keep Rogerson happy as the cycle continues to spin out of control.

The cycle is an old one, but Dreamland makes it fresh and disturbing. Some readers have complained that Rogerson's voice is drowned out in the last half of the book, when the abuse starts, but I find this natural in abusive relationships. It's very much a lonely experience, even when it has very much to do with another person. Rogerson's voice is blacked out when the abuse starts, mainly because Caitlin, as the victim, is focusing on her pain, her love, her path and wondering how on earth she can finally wake up and surface from a relationship that has her head shoved underneath the water.

It's a must read for teenage girls, although I'd suggest a parent read it along with them and discuss its contents.

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.

Honestly, people, this book is blatantly overrated. It was predictable, unoriginal, and just did not "wow" me at all. I've never read another Dessen book before, simply choosing to avoid them altogether, and reading this book made me realize why I do not like books like these. I'm not sorry that I took the chance in reading this, however, because now I can decidedly tell my friends to beware of Dessen's books, especially if they're looking for something with more substance.

I'm sorry, but this book just seemed so bent on getting two people together. At it's best, romance should be kept as a sub-plot, but readers like me will be horribly put to sleep if it's brought to the MAIN STAGE. This book did not excite me... I could not detect the rising action or climax anywhere, to be honest, and a story is not a story if it's all just one, straight line. I'm sorry, Dessen, but you have not convinced me.

Yes, it can be argued that the rising action and climax are held within the constantly rising relationship between Wes and Macy, but seriously. If there was any dent in Freytag's Triangle here, it would be a mere, solitary bump.

What was the purpose of this book? Why, to have a suffering teenager come to her senses and get together with the dreamboat guy. INEVITABLE. Please, please, find a different angle for your next book. It does not take much to convince me that complaints about all of Dessen's books being the same are valid.

It would be unfair to skim over the fact, however, that Dessen has potential! That is mostly the reason why I'm so angry. We have a writer who is terribly skilled at being constant to themes and such, but why must she use it to write fluffy, teenage romances?!

Dessen, I believe in you, I really do. I know this review was harsh, but it's because I KNOW you can do better than this.

Don't bore us with another hackneyed plot, please God I'm begging you. I know you have what it takes to do MUCH, MUCH better.

I love Sarah Dessen as an author. This has had to be the best book of hers altogether. A timid almost perfect girl, who breaks out of her shell to show her daring and beautiful personality inside. LOVE THIS BOOK!

If you're a girl and you like teen romance books just read this. You'll love it.

The Truth About Forever is one of the top 5 books I've ever read. I am in my late twenties and teach English, so I've read quite a few. Sarah Dessen does an amazing job of creating characters who are real and likeable. She takes a look at problems many teenagers and adults face and gives a fresh perspective on how to overcome them. I couldn't put this book down and it is one of those books that makes you think about your own life in a different way. She is an outstanding author, and you will enjoy reading about Macy's struggles to move on and enjoy life after a traumatic family event. Just buy this one- you will want to read it more than once for sure. AMAZING 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

Sarah Dessen does it again in Just Listen. This book is very hard to put down. It is about a young girl who gets into a huge fight with her best friend who seems to have control of most of the school (popularity). The reader does not know what happened until the end, which makes this book even harder to stop reading. She deals with a lot of her familys' problems like her sisters sickness, her moms depression, her other sister leaving for college, along with her lack of social life at school. The main character, Annabel is a quiet and composed young lady that holds all her feelings safe inside her. Once she is shuned by her friends she meets Owen. This music-obsessed, intimidating loner guy changes everything. He teaches her that letting things (Placeholder!) out is better for you. He becomes close with Annabel but of course, they run into other problems and the story takes many turns from there. I also loved the ending and how everything connected in the end. It not expected or cheesy, it just fits perfectly. It is a definite page turner and i felt like it flowed very well. I finished this 350 page book in 3 days. (which for me is pretty fast) because i couldnt stand not knowing what was going to happen next. I highly recommend this book (along with any other Sarah Dessen book).

I usually don't like reading books just for entertainment, but this one I did. Sarah Dessen does a good job of keeping my attention and keeping me turning the pages. I really liked this one!

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

I've been a huge Sarah Dessen fan since I first stumbled across her books in high school. I'm now a 23-year-old editor and still spring to the bookstore whenever I hear she has something new coming out.

"Just Listen" is, to me, one of her absolute best books -- it has everything I look for in a novel: focus on family relationships; a burgeoning love affair; self-discovery and journey; interest in music. Annabel is a very multi-faceted character who speaks openly and honestly about her experiences, and I loved going on this journey with her. I know the plot has been discussed many times here and everywhere, so I won't be redunduant. Suffice it to say that "Just Listen" made me think and re-think about many of the things I once accepted without question. And the musical thread running through and tying Annabel and Owen together was awesome.

I can tell you, too, that I even convinced my boyfriend to pick "Just Listen" up once I was done with it. I could see so many pieces of him in the story, I knew he would relate. And he did! He loved it -- finished it in a matter of days! He works at a bookstore now and recommends it to all of his customers. I find that the most rewarding aspect of all!

My 12 year old daughter was loaned this book from a friend and asked me (Al's wife) to check it out after she started it because of some foul language. I read the first chapter, last chapter, and skimmed through the others chapters half reading to find the main climax to the mystery of her "rift with her best friend". Throughout the book (just the parts I read) I read so many foul words my daughter already has to hear on the bus and at school...now Dessen is helping young girls think it's normal and OK to use this language...maybe her best friend calling her a b___ch is to make a point...but s___t, f___k, w___e, sl__t, and many others constantly throughout the book are unnecessary. Also when I read the rape relived... less detail is necessary to get the point across. I find it hard to believe that a girl who is brave enough to start a friendship with a new and unfriendly person would keep quiet if that girl's boyfriend raped her and the friend mistook it as her fault and trying to "steal her boyfriend". This could have been a good book for teens to be aware of "date rape" incidents and how to avoid or deal with them... but Dessen sunk to low standards to "shock and awe" young girls with unnecessary details and foul language. Won't recommend this book or any other by this author for my daughter or others.

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.