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 AnythingOnce and for All
On sale: May 11, 2004
Age: 12 and up
Grade: Grade 7 & Up
Page count: 304 Pages
ISBN: 9780142401774
Reading level: Lexile: 820L
Sarah Dessen is the author of thirteen novels, which include the
New York Times bestsellers
The Moon and More,
What Happened to Goodbye,
Along for the Ride,
Lock and Key,
Just Listen,
The Truth About Forever, and
This Lullaby. Her first two books,
That Summer and
Someone Like You, were made into the movie
How to Deal.
Dessen’s books are frequently chosen for the Teens’ Top Ten list and the list of Best Fiction for Young Adults. They have been translated into twenty-five languages. Sarah Dessen is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the Young Adult division of the American Library Association.
Sarah Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with highest honors in creative writing. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, Jay, and their daughter, Sasha Clementine.
Visit Sarah at sarahdessen.com.
"Dessen has written a powerful, polished story." (
SLJ, starred review)
