Hours past by and Sarah decides to call her mom to come get her at camp. After a few days Sarah gets a call from Scarlett saying that Michel has died in a car accident, and she wants her to come home. Sarah goes to girl camp and Scarlett stays home. It was the 1st summer Sarah and Scarlett split for a whole summer. The book is bout to girls that are best friends, there both in JR. The book “Someone like you” is a really good because it talks about how two best friends try to stick together after all the problems that are going around. For those who have read and enjoyed Jacqueline Wilson, Melina Marchetta, Ann Brashares - then you shall enjoy these books too.
And, of course, this novel is about friendship - about the bond between two female friends that has lasted since childhood and will last for many years to come. At times it's a bit gritty, and at times you want to slap Halley, the protagonist, and tell her that she's making a mistake. All things which I think are sadly brushed over in the "I-found-my-true-love-at-16-and-he-wasn't-human" themed books. It does deal with relationship issues - that all important question "is he worth my virginity?" and the coming to terms with your identity, developing the confidence to stand up for yourself and make mature decisions. It is also refreshing to read something aimed at the teenage market that does not focus on vampires, werewolves, angels or other supernatural beings, but instead deals with real teenage girls in realistic situations.
It feels quite American - with mentions of camp and prom and Thanksgiving, but I do not think that should put people off. This is the first book I have read by her. Ages 12-up.Sarah Dessen is a well-renowned US author, but little known here in New Zealand. But Dessen's fully developed characterizations of charismatic teens, particularly the rebel-without-a-cause-type Macon, are sure to attract readers-especially those who, like Halley, have felt the urge to take a walk on the wild side. This romance/coming-of-age story is not as tightly written as Dessen's debut, That Summer it suffers from some scenes reminiscent of soap opera and from flat presentations of almost all the adult characters.
Together they explore the meaning of love, sex and responsibility. Walking a line between childhood and adulthood, the two girls turn to each other instead of their families for support. Then Scarlett discovers she is pregnant two months after her boyfriend Michael is killed in a motorcycle accident. She and her best friend, Scarlett, start hanging out with Ginny Tabor (""a cheerleader with a wild streak a mile wide and a reputation among the football team for more than her cheers and famous midair splits"") Halley dumps her nerdy boyfriend (the son of her mother's best friend) and becomes involved with reckless Macon, a boy her parents have forbidden her to see. But the summer before her junior year of high school, Halley begins cutting the umbilical cord. Halley has always been close to her mother, a therapist who publishes books about adolescent behavior. Dessen's realistic portrayal of contemporary teens and their moral challenges breathes fresh life into well-worn themes of rebellion and first love.
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