Sarah Dessen Realistic Fiction Reviewed by Hannah Williams Rated 4 out of 5 Stars Ruby Cooper is eighteen years old. She’s been living with her mom for almost her whole life, just the two of them together. Out of the blue, Ruby’s mother abandons her, leaving Ruby alone to...
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Lock and Key
Lock and Key
Ruby is the definition of independence. She doesn’t need help or sympathy from anyone. When Ruby’s mother abandons her without warning, She lives on her own in her house, working her mother’s job, paying as many bills as she can, cooking for herself, and trying to go to school. Ruby doesn’t tell anyone that...
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That Summer
“It’s funny how one summer can change everything. It must be something about the heat and the smell of chlorine, fresh-cut grass and honeysuckle, asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms, the steam rising while everything drips around it. Something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners and bright plastic flip-flops from the drugstore thwacking...
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What Happed to Goodbye
What Happened to Goodbye? By Sarah Dessen Reviewed by C. Tobey Rated 4 out of 5 stars For the past few years, Mclean Sweet has been on the move. After her parents hard divorce of custody battles, Mclean set off with her father, a restaurant consultant whose job moves frequently. Because of this, it...
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Dreamland
Caitlin’s life seemed to be falling apart. After her sister bailed out on college and left, her mother went insane trying to find her. Not only was Caitlin now sisterless and extremely upset over her loss, she’d never felt so alone and isolated in her life. That was, until she met Rogerson Biscoe. Rogerson...
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Along for the Ride
Auden is an 18 year old girl who is incredibly smart. After years of bickering, her parents divorced when she was young. Instead of talking about her problems she ‘fixed’ them by staying awake and studying at a nearby café. Auden’s life revolved around school since both of her parents were teachers but she...
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Sarah Dessen Still on Top with New Release
Best-selling Author, Sarah Dessen, is still at the top of her game with a new release. Her latest hit, What Happened to Goodbye, came out earlier in the month of May and is expected to take all Sarah Dessen fans by storm. Barnes and Noble Publisher’s Weekly states, “Dessen’s tenth novel is another smoothly...
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Someone Like You
“Life is an ugly, awful place not to have a best friend.” Halley was always the quiet one growing up, following her parent’s rules and being her mother’s miniature version. Scarlett, however, was always the braver, more outgoing child, left to parent her wild, adventurous mother. None the less, somewhere down the...
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That Summer
“It’s funny how one summer can change everything.” Haven thought. Haven is a fifteen year old and is almost six feet tall. She’s going through a lot, her parents just got divorced and her father is getting remarried in just a few days! And to top it all off her older sister, Ashley,...
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Along for the Ride
Riding a bike is only one among many things Auden’s missed out on during her time growing up. Since childhood she’s played the role of the little adult, left to pick up the pieces while her older brother Hollis’ ran wild and free and her parents’ marriage crumbled around her. She coped with it...
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