Stacie Golebiewski Title: Along For The Ride Author: Sarah Dessen Setting: A small beach town of Colby‚ North Carolina Characters: Auden West is the protagonist in the story. She was a quiet girl who didn’t know that she didn’t have the life a normal teenager should have until she met Eli Eli Stock starts out as a secretive outsider because his best friend Abe died in a car accident when a man ran a red light. He kept his feelings all to himself until he met Auden. Eli and Auden taught each
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Book Report 1. Just Listen‚ Sarah Dessen‚ February 28‚2008‚ 383 pages 2. Summary of the plot: Annabel Greene had what could be considered the perfect teenage life: cool friends‚ close family‚ good grades‚ and a part-time career as a model. At the beginning of summer that all disappeared. She is still traumatized by the attempted rape she experienced from her best friend’s boyfriend‚ and she doesn’t try to fix the broken friendships that are created when everyone turns their backs on her
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In the book Dreamland Sarah Dessen explores and illustrates physical abuse and loving someone so much that you can not leave. Catlin O’Koren shows many signs of getting abused such as bruises‚ feeling mentally drained and using drugs to escape the pain. By the middle of the book Catlin’s friend Rina suspects something is wrong with Catlin but says nothing because she feels it might ruin their friendship. Catlin then becomes emotionally and physically attached to Rogerson‚ and if she ever if late
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|Lock and Key | |2. Author of the book |Sarah Dessen | |3. In one sentence say how you came to read |I had already read a book of Sarah Dessen and I liked her writing style so I wanted to read| |this book. |another book of her.
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Just Listen (2006) is a novel written by teen-author Sarah Dessen. It is her seventh published novel. Plot summary Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all - at least‚ that’s how it seems on TV commercials. Annabel’s life is far from perfect. Though‚ some thought that Annabel had everything people often forgot that what she wanted most was to live a normal life. Her friendship with the cruel‚ dramatic Sophie ended on a night she can’t bear to remember; her sister Whitney moves back home because
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Plot Summary In the novel Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen‚ you are taken through a tour of the life of Auden West. Auden was born into a family of writers who want their daughter to be the best of the best. She is a quiet girl who lived with her mother after her parents’ divorce‚ devoting herself to schoolwork in order to please her perfectionist mother. Along the way‚ she realizes she lost most of her childhood because her parents treat her as an adult‚ since she was young and she never cared
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****this is more of a journal than a book report*** Response Journal #4: Just Listen By Sarah Dessen From Pages 296 to 371 I thought that this last quarter of the novel‚ Just Listen by Sarah Dessen‚ was a real disappointment‚ in my opinion. First of all‚ when Annabel and Owen parted ways for such along time‚ I was very disappointed. Then‚ on top of that‚ the ending was a cliché‚ because it was too corny and too much of a happy ending. Anyway‚ since I finished reading this novel‚ I have
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A glimpse of DREAMLAND As I walk along the white sand beach‚ I can see crystals in the sea‚ and the dancing waves invite me to the deep. Enchanting greens of the field are captivating as they cover the land. I can smell the flowers as they decorate the site. Pretty houses are built everywhere. And the villagers are happy with their surroundings. Food is not a problem because nature gives plenty‚ so worry is not in their vocabulary. The place is truly a paradise‚ a dreamland where joy untold
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Madison C Dreamland Informative Essay “As soon as my fingers brushed his sleeve‚ his fist was in motion‚ springing out at me and catching my jaw‚ knocking me backward so hard the door handle dug into my right side‚ twisting the skin” (Dessen 155). Caitlin experiences a good and bad relationship with Rogerson. In Dreamland Caitlin tries not to follow in her sister’s footsteps‚ but when her sister leaves her entire life changes for both the better and the worse. At the beginning of the novel
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Crystal Taylor English 124 Andrea Johnson Analysis of “Dreamland” by Edgar Allan Poe The life and experiences of Poe are all incorporated into his poetry and stories. His life was filled with tragedy. Poe’s parents died when he was young‚ his foster mother‚ siblings and wife all died as well. On top of this throughout his life he accumulated debt and was constantly criticized by those around him. Dreamland is a journey alone in the world of dreams searching for something greater in life
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