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| Original Title: | Someone Like You |
| ISBN: | 0142401773 (ISBN13: 9780142401774) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.sarahdessen.com/someone-like-you |
| Characters: | Halley Cooke, Scarlett Thomas, Macon Faulkner, Michael Sherwood |
| Setting: | Lakeview, North Carolina(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (2001), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for High School (2001), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (1999) |
Sarah Dessen
Paperback | Pages: 281 pages Rating: 3.93 | 93645 Users | 3842 Reviews
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| Title | : | Someone Like You |
| Author | : | Sarah Dessen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 281 pages |
| Published | : | May 11th 2004 by Penguin (first published May 1st 1998) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Romance. Contemporary. Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Realistic Fiction. Teen |
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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. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it'll never break—because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever.Rating Regarding Books Someone Like You
Ratings: 3.93 From 93645 Users | 3842 ReviewsPiece Regarding Books Someone Like You
I dont have a best friend. Sure I have friends. Friendly acquaintances, plenty. But not a best friend like the way Halley has Scarlett, or Scarlett has Halley in Sarah Dessens Someone Like You. So I spent the 24-hours it took me to down this novel (seriously need to find something to do this summer) being just slightly envious of fictional characters. Even if they are going through a tumultuous period wherein Halley, like the comet, is experiencing all the pleasure and punishment of first love3.5 Stars!Life is an ugly, awful place to not have a best friend.This is my 2nd Sarah Dessen novel. The novel opens up with our MC, Halley being dragged out of bed in the night while away at camp for a phone call. On the phone is her best friend, Scarlett. Scarlett tells Halley that their friend Michael has been in an accident and he died...he was also Scarlett's boyfriend, they had been dating since the summer started. She asks Halley to come home. Halley calls her mom to pick her up early (and
scarlett was the only good part about this whole book
I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her. *Sniffs* I have read enough books by Ms.Sarah Dessen to prove that she has never failed to give me exactly what I want from a contemporary YA read. Reading her books to me feels like going to that one true friend you could always
In Someone Like You Scarlett's boyfriend, Micheal dies in a car accident and finds out that she is pregnant while her best friend, Halley is away at summer camp. Halley and Scarlett have been best friend since they were little, so Halley knows she has to come home to see Scarlett. Halley helps Scarlett along with her pregnancy, putting up with her mood changes and food cravings. Scarlett has always been the more outgoing, independent one out of the pair, but now that Scarlett is going to have
2.5 starsIs it just me, or do Sarah Dessens earlier books feel... grittier than the later releases? Well, gritty isnt the right word, I know. Sarah Dessens work is realistic, painfully so at times, but not particularly edgy or dark, for want of better words. My point is that having read Dessens later work first, then backtracking, I was struck by rawness of Someone Like You in comparison with say, What Happened To Goodbye. While I didnt find the teen pregnancy storyline particularly compelling,
I really liked this book, but it didn't hold my interest. I normally read a book like this in a day, maybe two. it took me about 5 days to read it. It was typical high school, teenagers doing what they do. Kind of reminded me of the movie 'How To Deal'edit: just found out the book was made into that movie. wow.
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