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The Teenager's Book Club is a place to find a good book to read. You know how hard it is to find a good book. Well, all the books on the sight are books I've read and or reading. Some are good and others are not so good. My friends have also read most of the books. That's why I decided to start a book club. Because at my school we share books, well not literally share them,but one person will read a book and if it's good they will tell someone else to read it. That is basically the goal of this Book Club.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Just Listen


I really like this book. I have started reading Sara Dessen books and I lie them alot. This book was very interesting through the whole book, or it seemed that was to me. It deals with alot of different drama's including rape and eating disorders. Sometimes it went a little too into detail with some things that were kind of boring and unimportant to me, but otherwise it was really good. One of the main characters, Owen, was really into music just like me. Except I don't listen to some of the weird stuff he does.

Review/Description
Annabel Greene seemingly had everything: cool friends, close family, good grades, and a part-time modeling career in town. But it all came crashing down, and Annabel has spent the summer in shaky, self-imposed exile. She finds herself dreading the new school term and facing, well, everyone again. The last thing she wants to do is revisit old friendships while the losses are painful, the secrets behind the rifts are almost unbearable. Her solid family seems fragile, too. What happened to cause the stiff silences and palpable resentments between her two older sisters? Why is no one in her loving but determinedly cheerful family talking about her middle sister's eating disorder? Annabel's devastating secret is revealed in bits and snatches, as readers see her go to amazing lengths to avoid confrontation. Caught between wanting to protect her family and her own struggles to face a devastating experience, Annabel finds comfort in an unlikely friendship with the school's most notorious loner. Owen has his own issues with anger, but has learned to control it and helps her realize the dangers of holding in her emotions. Dessen explores the interior and exterior lives of her characters and shows their flaws, humanity, struggles, and incremental successes.

2 comments:

akared said...

i've read all the her books except just listen and..umm what is it called...something moon??? anyway i liked all of them especially this lullaby.

Darling. said...

I love Just Listen

Steph