Halley and Scarlett have been best friends for years, sharing secrets, clothes, and crushes. People know Scarlett as the popular, flamboyant one; Halley?s just her quiet sidekick. Then, at the beginning of their junior year, the balance shifts. First, Scarlett?s boyfriend Michael is killed in a freak accident; soon afterward, she learns that she is carrying his baby. She needs Halley now. But even as Halley does her best, she?s dealing with her own pressures?resisting her controlling mother, and dealing with her first serious relationship. Sarah Dessen?s unique voice is funny, poignant, and true, with a warm Southern accent that makes Halley?s story instantly appealing to teenaged girls and adult readers alike. Sarah Dessen lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Dessen's realistic portrayal of contemporary teens and their moral challenges breathes fresh life into well-worn themes of rebellion and first love. Halley has always been close to her mother, a therapist who publishes books about adolescent behavior. But the summer before her junior year of high school, Halley begins cutting the umbilical cord. 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. Then Scarlett discovers she is pregnant two months after her boyfriend Michael is killed in a motorcycle accident. Walking a line between childhood and adulthood, the two girls turn to each other instead of their families for support. Together they explore the meaning of love, sex and responsibility. 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. But Dessen's fully developed characterizations of charismatic teens, particularly the rebel-without-a-cause-type Macon, are sure to attract readersAespecially those who, like Halley, have felt the urge to take a walk on the wild side. Ages 12-up.
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Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Grade 7 UpAQuiet, predictable Halley and Scarlett, her feisty defender, have been best friends since grade school. Growing up like sisters, they've shared everything except a bedroomAdreams, clothes, classes, and Friday nights. Then boys step into their teen lives. Scarlett's romance the summer before junior year has serious consequences when Michael dies in a motorcycle accident and she's left carrying his child. Halley's close relationship with her psychologist mother is fractured as the girl's friendship with secretive, irresponsible Macon Faulkner deepens into romance. To top things off, Grandma Halley is dying. Halley and her classmates experiment with drugs, alcohol, and sex, and experience family problems. Asking questions and making choices, Halley confronts her fears and learns to make her own decisions on her way to adulthood. Dessen deals accurately, sensitively, and smoothly with growing up in suburbia. Halley and Scarlett's friendship resonates with affection and honesty, and the predictable but necessary separation of mothers and daughters is portrayed with tender acuity. Experiences and conversations avoid falling into clich?; all of the characters are fully developed and worth getting to know. Without preaching or posturing, Dessen has written a powerful, polished story.AGail Richmond, San Diego Unified Schools, CA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I think i may be in the minority here, but i enjoyed Someone Like You much more then That Summer, even though i'm a fan of all of Sarah Dessen's books.
i read Someone Like You a few years ago, and it always stuck with me. Hally's character was so real, the "good" girl who was just trying to experience her own life, and Scarlett, her strong willed pregnant best friend. It showed growing up in a light that wasn't scornful or biased or glossy - but as something that was confusing, flawed, and still altogther beautiful. Anybody who's going through it knows exactly what Hally is talking about when she talks about doing anything for Macon, being under her mother's thumb, and trying to fill in that outline of herself. I also saw the movie How To Deal, which i thought was enjoyable enough, but the ending completely changed the important conclusion with her and Macon in the book.
I thought this book was touching, funny, and beautifully written. I've read many 'high school books' and this is one of the very few who manage to pull it off.
i read Someone Like You a few years ago, and it always stuck with me. Hally's character was so real, the "good" girl who was just trying to experience her own life, and Scarlett, her strong willed pregnant best friend. It showed growing up in a light that wasn't scornful or biased or glossy - but as something that was confusing, flawed, and still altogther beautiful. Anybody who's going through it knows exactly what Hally is talking about when she talks about doing anything for Macon, being under her mother's thumb, and trying to fill in that outline of herself. I also saw the movie How To Deal, which i thought was enjoyable enough, but the ending completely changed the important conclusion with her and Macon in the book.
I thought this book was touching, funny, and beautifully written. I've read many 'high school books' and this is one of the very few who manage to pull it off.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Someone Like You is an easy read, but the book promotes so many negative ideas about women that I found it hard to enjoy it. The book attempts to portray female friendship, and does a fairly good job of capturing the importance of friendship between young women. But Dessen severely punishes any character who has sex (fatal motorcycle accident, pregnancy) or even wants to have sex (car accident). Her blatantly regressive views on sex make this book more of a blanket treatise on why sex is bad and should not happen outside of traditional marriage. Dessen also incorporates extremely negative messages about body image into this novel, which are particularly damaging for young women. She is a talented storyteller, but her ultra-conservative, reactionary views render this novel more than repulsive; it is simply bad.
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This is a really truly great book from my favorite author, Sarah Dessen. Her stories may not be picturesque, but they are so real you momentarilary belive you are part of the story and that it is actually happening to you. Most young adult book authors write stories that are so annoyingly fake- you do not believe their stories for a minute, their books belong in the fantasy catagory. but Sarah's books such as, Someone Like You, are so believable that you can relate to the characters and their lives in many ways.
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WAY better than the movie!!!!
I bought this book and That Summer, also by Sarah Dessen, in "How to Deal". This was so amazing but the ending was a disapointment. Read more
Published on Aug 11 2004 by Christina
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The 2nd Best Book I've Ever Read
Someone Like You has to be the 2nd best book I've ever read, with That Summer, also by Sarah Dessen being the 1st. Read more
Published on July 17 2004
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This is one of my all time favorite books in the entire WORLD! I can relate some of what is happening to Halley to me, I love this about a book. Read more
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In this novel, Halley is a sort-of a sidekick to her bestfriend Scarlett. So when Macon Faulkner comes into the picture she very excited. Read more
Published on Jun 27 2004 by "orangecrush5522"
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Best how to deal w/ life book
Someone like you was one of the best books that i have read, i bought it one day and finished it the next i just couldnt put it down.. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2004
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Best friend adventures/misadventures
SOMEONE LIKE YOU chronicles the best friendship of junior high schoolers Halley and Scarlett. It also focuses on both the ending of lives and the beginning of new ones. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004 by QUEEN_OF_EVERYTHING
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Halley and Scarlett have been friends for years. People know Scarlett as the popular one Halley is known as Scarlett's
quiet sidekick. At the beginning of their Jr. Read more
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Published on May 13 2004 by "xivory1"
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Couldn't put it down
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen kept me on the edge of my seat, I couldn't put it down. It is about a sixteen year old girl who finds out she is pregnant after her boyfriend... Read more
Published on May 3 2004 by AJ
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This book is so amazing! I have never read a book that I could relate to so strongly and know exactly how the main character feels. Read more
Published on April 27 2004 by Jessica
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"Someone like you" is a book about two best friends, Halley and Scarlett. Things get complicated with their friendship when Scarlett finds out she is pregnant. Read more
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