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Someone Like You
Contributor(s): Dessen, Sarah (Author)
ISBN: 0142401773     ISBN-13: 9780142401774
Publisher: Speak
OUR PRICE:   $9.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2004
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Halley and Scarlett have been best friends for years, sharing secrets, clothes, and crushes--but they've never had to share the kinds of things they face their junior year. Death, pregnancy, and new love put a lot of pressure on the girls' friendship.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Pregnancy
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 97036437
Lexile Measure: 820
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.99" W x 8.41" (0.64 lbs) 281 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Friendship
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 28288
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 10.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All

The world is a terrible place not to have a best friend.

Scarlett was always the strong one.

Halley was always content to follow in her wake.

Then Scarlett's boyfriend died, and Scarlett learned that she was pregnant.

Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it.

Because true friendship is a promise you keep forever.

* "Dessen has written a powerful, polished story."--School Library Journal, starred review

Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.

Books by Sarah Dessen:
That Summer
Someone Like You
Keeping the Moon
Dreamland
This Lullaby
The Truth About Forever
Just Listen
Lock and Key
Along for the Ride
What Happened to Goodbye
The Moon and More
Saint Anything

Once and for All