Someone Like You

by Sarah Dessen

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

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

• ISBN10: 0670877786
• ISBN13: 9780670877782
• Publish Date: 28 May 1998
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 25 October 2004
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Viking Children's Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

There's a lot of stuff going on in this book. Front and center is the friendship between Halley and Scarlett. Scarlett finds herself 16 and pregnant (like an MTV reality show) and the baby's father died in an accident without ever knowing he was going to be a father. That's a lot for a best friend to process. At the same time, Halley is finding her role as a daughter difficult to fulfill. As her romantic relationship develops, her relationship with her parents, especially her mother, begins to suffer. The whole time, a person is growing inside of Scarlett and as this life develops in Scarlett's womb, Halley begins to grow and develop as well. Overall, a good SD book with a female who grew and changed for the better over the course of the book. What I miss, is that flat-out HEA.