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Halley has always followed in the wake of her best friend, Scarlett. But when Scarlett learns that her boyfriend has been killed in a motorcycle accident, and that she's carrying his baby, she's devastated. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Though their friendship may be tested by the strain, like a true friendship, it will endure.
Keeping the Moon
Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.
As far back as she can remember, Dessen has always wanted to write. She remembers churning out wildly imaginative stories on an old manual typewriter her parents gave her when she was eight or nine years old. So it was only natural that after college she would forego a "real job," choosing instead to support herself by waiting tables at a local eatery while trying to publish a novel. In 1996, just three years after graduation, she sold her first book, the witty, wry coming-of-age story That Summer. A second novel, Someone Like You, followed two years later. (In 2003, these two books were loosely adapted into the movie How to Deal, starring teen sensation Mandy Moore.)
Dessen claims she never set out to be a YA writer, but somehow her memories always bring her back to high school, a time and place that resonates strongly for her. Living in her hometown where she is still in contact with many childhood friends, she finds it pretty easy to get in touch with her "inner teenager." In addition, the books she read from that time have a special, magical staying power. She explains it this way on her website:
"[W]hile I couldn't tell you complete plots of novels I read even six months ago, I do remember even the smallest descriptive details from Lois Lowry's A Summer to Die or Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I think it was because back then books were still somewhat new to me, and when I found an author who seemed to say just what I was feeling, it really struck me and resonated. I hope that my books do that for the people who read them."If one can judge from her growing fan base and continued presence on the bestseller lists, Dessen can safely say "mission accomplished."
larelii80
Posted Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011
I think the movie How to Deal is supposed to be based on the book Someone Like You, if I remember correctly. Based on the movie, I am going to go out on a limb and say this book probably is great (which we all know the book is usually better :) ), and I am going to get it for my stepdaughter as she loved the movie after we watched it together. She loved it so much, she made her best friend watch it again with her a couple days later. :)
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these two girls who been best friends for forever and one of the girls boyfriend dies and soon notices she is carrying his baby,soo after the funeral they end up becoming really close to the guy that died best friend .
the main character ends up dating him and there relationship tries to get to far but is stopped.and the girls Halley and scarlets relationship starts to get rough but ends when Halley brakes up with her boyfriend.
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Posted Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2004
I really like the style of writing she does and I LOVED Keeping the moon. It was the best book I have ever read.
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Posted Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2003
I really loved Someone Like You. It is a story that could really happen, not one of those out there once in a lifetime things. It is great and I hope she writes more with the same real feeling this one had.
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Posted Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2003
I love Sarah Dessen she is my favorite author. I wrote about Keeping the moon on my MCAS long composition. She is great and i hope she continues in this genre of writing
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Overview
Halley has always followed in the wake of her best friend, Scarlett. But when Scarlett learns that her boyfriend has been killed in a motorcycle accident, and that she's carrying his baby, she's devastated. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Though their friendship may be tested by the strain, like a true friendship, it will endure.
Keeping the Moon
Fifteen-year-old Colie ...