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What is someone like you about Sarah Dessen?

What is someone like you about Sarah Dessen?

Book Description Halley and Scarlett have been best friends for years, sharing secrets, clothes, and crushes. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it’ll never break–because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever. Sarah Dessen’s poignant, funny voice has earned her raves and legions of teenaged fans.

What is that summer about by Sarah Dessen?

That Summer is a novel that explores the mindset of a teenage girl coming to terms with the past, accepting the present and looking forward to the future. While attending Dad’s second marriage to Lorna Queen, Haven dreads her sister Ashley’s pending marriage to boring Lewis Warsher.

Is there a sequel to someone like you Sarah Dessen?

Someone Like You is the second book written by Sarah Dessen.In combination with That Summer this book was adapted for the movie How to Deal….

Someone Like You
Publication date May 1998
Published by Viking Children’s Books
Publication Order
Preceded by That Summer Followed by Keeping The Moon

What genre is someone like you book?

Novel
Young adult fiction
Someone like You/Genres

Why did Sarah Dessen write That Summer?

In Sarah’s Words I never intended That Summer to be a YA book while I was writing it: to me, it was just a novel with a teenage narrator. But when I got an agent, she suggested it would be a good book for teenagers. That Summer to me, though, is mostly about Haven finding a way to feel comfortable in her skin.

Who is the protagonist in the story That Summer?

Haven McPhail
Haven McPhail – The protagonist of the novel. She is 15 years old, lanky, grey and nearly six feet tall. She is very insecure about her height.

What is the book once and for all about?

Synopsis. Louna, the daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has witnessed countless weddings in unique locations through her mother’s wedding-planning business. However, Louna was once in love with a boy named Ethan, who she met at a wedding and later spent the night on the beach with him.

How old is Halley in Someone Like You?

The story is basically about a 16 year old girl named Halley as she discovers herself and grows as a girl and as a person alongside her best friend, Scarlett, in the most unexpected and unusual ways while trying so hard to detach from her mom as she attempts to prove that she’s no longer mommy’s little girl.

Who are the main characters in Someone Like You?

Someone Like You (still have not figured out the connection between the title and the story – help a girl out) is about the life of Halley and her best friend Scarlett. While away at summer camp, Halley receives a phonecall from her childhood best friend Scarlett telling her that her boyfriend, Michael, was killed in a motorcycle acc

How is Someone Like you by Sarah Dessen similar to my own?

Scarlett’s story is close to my own with her unexpected pregnancy as a teenager and her struggles. I even had my own ‘Halley’ to help me (my bf Sara) along the way to take care of me, tell me everything was ok, and just to be there. Everyone should have that best friend like the book says.

What happens to Scarlett and Halley in Someone Like You?

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. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it’ll never break—because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever.