- Change in fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Dating (Social customs), Stepfamilies
It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live.A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world of girls: their talk, their friendship, their crushes.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Sarah Dessen
- First published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin, Penguin USA, Inc., Viking
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141957401
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Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews. Her books have been published in over thirty countries and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for outstanding contribution to young adult literature for her novels: Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, This Lullaby, The Truth about Forever, Just Listen, Along for the Ride, and What Happened to Goodbye. Her newest novel, The Rest of the Story, was released in June 2019. An NC native, she currently lives in Chapel Hill with her family. https://sarahdessen.com
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