Dessen, Sarah
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: Eager to escape her sleepless nights and demanding mother, Auden travels to a quaint beach town to spend her summer break with her newly remarried father. Once there, Auden acquires a job at a local clothes boutique and befriends a group of girls. When she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac, Auden finds a companion for her restless evenings. As their friendship blossoms, Auden looks to experience a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2009
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Summary: Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Juvenile 2015
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Summary: During the summer of her divorced father's remarriage and her sister's wedding, fifteen-year-old Haven comes into her own by letting go of the myths of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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Summary: Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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Summary: Auden est une adolescente parfaite : brillante, jolie, mature, elle a tout pour faire le bonheur de sa famille. Mais sous cette apparence se cache une jeune fille perdue, mal dans sa peau et déboussolée par le divorce de ses parents. Décidée à noyer sa vie dans ses lectures, Auden en oublie presque de vivre. Jusqu'au jour où elle rencontre Eliot, un jeune homme qui partage sa solitude et ses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket jeunesse 2010
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2004
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Summary: When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2009
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Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011
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Dessen, Sarah
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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Summary: After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2000
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Summary: "During her last summer at home before leaving for college, Emaline begins a whirlwind romance with Theo, an assistant documentary filmmaker who is in town to make a movie."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2013
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Summary: Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015
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Summary: When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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Summary: When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2011
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Summary: 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. She missed out on all that, too busy being the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin USA, Inc. 2009
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Dessen, Sarah.
Summary: Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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Summary: The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2005
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Summary: Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. 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, her grandmother,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2008
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Summary: Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2004
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Summary: Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1998
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Summary: Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak 2013