From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sarah Dessen Comes A Big-hearted, Sweeping Novel About A Girl Who Reconnects With A Part Of Her Family She Hasn't Seen Since She Was A Little Girl--and Falls In Love, All Over The Course Of A Magical Summer. Emma Saylor Doesn't Remember A Lot About Her Mother, Who Died When Emma Was Twelve. But She Does Remember The Stories Her Mom Told Her About The Big Lake That Went On Forever, With Cold, Clear Water And Mossy Trees At The Edges. Now It's Just Emma And Her Dad, And Life Is Good, If A Little Predictable...until Emma Is Unexpectedly Sent To Spend The Summer With Her Mother's Family That She Hasn't Seen Since She Was A Little Girl. When Emma Arrives At North Lake, She Realizes There Are Actually Two Very Different Communities There. Her Mother Grew Up In Working Class North Lake, While Her Dad Spent Summers In The Wealthier Lake North Resort. The More Time Emma Spends There, The More It Starts To Feel Like She Is Also Divided Into Two People. To Her Father, She Is Emma. But To Her New Family, She Is Saylor, The Name Her Mother Always Called Her. Then There's Roo, The Boy Who Was Her Very Best Friend When She Was Little. Roo Holds The Key To Her Family's History, And Slowly, He Helps Her Put The Pieces Together About Her Past. It's Hard Not To Get Caught Up In The Magic Of North Lake--and Saylor Finds Herself Falling Under Roo's Spell As Well. For Saylor, It's Like A Whole New World Is Opening Up To Her. But When It's Time To Go Back Home, Which Side Of Her--emma Or Saylor--will Win Out?

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.publishers Weeklydessen's Realistic Portrayal Of Contemporary Teens And Their Moral Challenges Breathes Fresh Life Into Well-worn Themes Of Rebellion And First Love. Halley Has Always Been Close To Her Mother, A Therapist Who Publishes Books About Adolescent Behavior. But The Summer Before Her Junior Year Of High School, Halley Begins Cutting The Umbilical Cord. She And Her Best Friend, Scarlett, Start Hanging Out With Ginny Tabor (a Cheerleader With A Wild Streak A Mile Wide And A Reputation Among The Football Team For More Than Her Cheers And Famous Midair Splits); Halley Dumps Her Nerdy Boyfriend (the Son Of Her Mother's Best Friend) And Becomes Involved With Reckless Macon, A Boy Her Parents Have Forbidden Her To See. Then Scarlett Discovers She Is Pregnant Two Months After Her Boyfriend Michael Is Killed In A Motorcycle Accident. Walking A Line Between Childhood And Adulthood, The Two Girls Turn To Each Other Instead Of Their Families For Support. Together They Explore The Meaning Of Love, Sex And Responsibility. This Romance/coming-of-age Story Is Not As Tightly Written As Dessen's Debut, that Summer; It Suffers From Some Scenes Reminiscent Of Soap Opera And From Flat Presentations Of Almost All The Adult Characters. But Dessen's Fully Developed Characterizations Of Charismatic Teens, Particularly The Rebel-without-a-cause-type Macon, Are Sure To Attract Readersespecially Those Who, Like Halley, Have Felt The Urge To Take A Walk On The Wild Side.

Fifteen-year-old Colie, A Former Fat Girl, Spends The Summer Working As A Waitress In A Beachside Restaurant, Staying With Her Overweight And Eccentric Aunt Mira, And Trying To Explore Her Sense Of Self. Sarah Dessen. First Published By Viking, 1999.

rogerson Biscoe, With His Green Eyes And Dark Curly Hair, Is Absolutely Seductive. Before Long, Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Finds Herself Under His Spell. And When He Starts To Abuse Her, She Finds She's In Too Deep To Get Herself Out...publishers Weeklycaitlin's Perfect Sister Runs Away From Home And She Finds Herself Trying To Fill The Gap The Absence Creates. The Characterizations Have An Unmistakable Depth, Said Pw. Ages 12-up. (feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for AllShe’s got it all figured out.Or does she? When it comes to relationships, Remy’s got a whole set of rules.Never get too serious. Never let him break your heart. And never, ever date a musician.But then Remy meets Dexter, and the rules don’t seem to apply anymore.Could it be that she’s starting to understand what all those love songs are about?“Remy and Dexter jump off the pages into the hearts of readers, who will wish for a romance like this of their own.” —BooklistSarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.Books by Sarah Dessen:That SummerSomeone Like YouKeeping the MoonDreamlandThis LullabyThe Truth About ForeverJust ListenLock and KeyAlong for the RideWhat Happened to GoodbyeThe Moon and MoreSaint AnythingOnce and for All

Soon to be a Netflix film!From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and For AllNights have always been Auden’s time, her chance to escape everything that’s going on around her.Then she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac, and he becomes her nocturnal tour guide.Now, with an endless supply of summer nights between them, almost anything can happen. . . .“As with all Dessen’s books, [this] is a must-have” —VOYA, starred reviewSarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.Books by Sarah Dessen:That SummerSomeone Like YouKeeping the MoonDreamlandThis LullabyThe Truth About ForeverJust ListenLock and KeyAlong for the RideWhat Happened to GoodbyeThe Moon and MoreSaint AnythingOnce and for All

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for AllTo find the truth you’ve got to be willing to hear it.When she’s modeling, Annabel is the picture of perfection.But her real life is far from perfect.Fortunately, she’s got Owen. He’s intense, music-obsessed, and dedicated to always telling the truth.And most of all, he’s determined to make Annabel happy. . .“This is young adult fiction at its best.” —School Library JournalSarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.Books by Sarah Dessen:That SummerSomeone Like YouKeeping the MoonDreamlandThis LullabyThe Truth About ForeverJust ListenLock and KeyAlong for the RideWhat Happened to GoodbyeThe Moon and MoreSaint AnythingOnce and for All

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for AllExpect the unexpected.Macy’s got her whole summer carefully planned.But her plans didn’t include a job at Wish Catering. And they certainly didn’t include Wes.But Macy soon discovers that the things you expect least are sometimes the things you need most.“Dessen gracefully balances comedy with tragedy and introduces a complex heroine worth getting to know.” —Publishers WeeklySarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.Books by Sarah Dessen:That SummerSomeone Like YouKeeping the MoonDreamlandThis LullabyThe Truth About ForeverJust ListenLock and KeyAlong for the RideWhat Happened to GoodbyeThe Moon and MoreSaint AnythingOnce and for All

“Ruby, where is your mother?” Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she's been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return. That's how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn't seen in ten years, and Cora's husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular networking Web site around. A luxurious house, fancy private school, a new wardrobe, the promise of college and a future—it's a dream come true. So why is Ruby such a reluctant Cinderella, wary and defensive? And why is Nate, the genial boy next door with some secrets of his own, unable to accept the help that Ruby is just learning to give? Best-selling author Sarah Dessen explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.Publishers WeeklyDessen (Just Listen) inverts a familiar fairy tale: what if Cinderella got the prince, the castle and all its accoutrements, but wasn t remotely interested? After her mother abandons her, Ruby Cooper is flying below the radar of officialdom and trying to make it to her 18th birthday, when she s busted by the landlord and turned over to social services. Ruby gets taken in by her estranged sister, Cora, who left for college a decade earlier and never looked back, and Cora s husband, Jamie, the wealthy founder of a ubiquitous social networking site. Resentful, suspicious and vulnerable, she resists mightily, refusing the risky business of depending on anybody but herself, and wearing the key to her old house around her neck. All the Dessen trademarks are here the swoon-worthy boy next door who is not what he appears to be; and the supporting characters who force Ruby to rethink her cynical worldview, among them the frazzled owner of a jewelry kiosk at the mall. The author again defines characters primarily through dialogue, and although Ruby and her love interest, Nate, sound wiser than their years, they talk the way teens might want to from the heart. A must for Dessen fans, it will win her new readers, too. Ages 12-up. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Louna's Years Working At Her Mother's Wedding Planning Business--as Well As The Tragic End Of Her First Love--have Shaped Her Cynical Views On Romance, But The Arrival Of Serial-dater Ambrose May Start To Change Louna's Mind And Give Her A Second Chance At Love.

For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She's nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister&150the always perfect Ashley&150is planning a wedding of her own. Haven wishes things could just go back to the way they were. Then an old boyfriend of Ashley's reenters the picture, and through him, Haven sees the past for what it really was, and comes to grips with the future.Publishers WeeklyAt five-foot-eleven ("and counting"), Haven is "all bony elbows and acute angles, like a jigsaw puzzle piece that can only go in the middle, waiting for the others to fit around it to make it whole." But it is not just a sudden growth spurt that prevents the 15-year-old from fitting into the comfortable grooves of her "old" life; her family is also changing at an alarming rate. Her sports-anchor father divorces his wife for Channel 5's "Weather Pet." Her jilted mother joins a set of aging, Barry-Manilow-listening, swinging singles and Haven's once plucky sister, Ashley, seems to wilt on the arm of her all-too-boring fiancé. Amidst the flurry of preparations for her father's second marriage and her sister's wedding, Haven finds a connecting link to her more serene past when one of Ashley's former boyfriends appears on the scene. First-time author Dessen adds a fresh twist to a traditional sister-of-the-bride story with her keenly observant narrative full of witty ironies. Her combination of unforgettable characters and unexpected events generates hilarity as well as warmth. Ages 12-up.

Since her parents' bitter divorce, Mclean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move - four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, Mclean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, Mclean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself - whoever that is. Perhaps her neighbor Dave, an academic superstar trying to be just a regular guy, can help her find out. Combining Sarah Dessen's trademark graceful writing, great characters, and compelling storytelling, What Happened to Goodbye is irresistible reading. Watch a Video