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
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.
