Along for the Ride

by Sarah Dessen

[Sam@WLABB]

I am not going to lie, this one left me warm and fuzzy. I am a sucker for a good coming-of-age-self-realization story. I really appreciate the last chapter. Thank you, Sarah Dessen.

Auden is determined to spend the summer before she goes to college differently than her previous summers. So, she accepts an invitation to spend the summer with her father, step-mother and new-born sister at the beach. What she found, was waaaay more than she expected. This is a story of second chances and do-overs for many of the characters involved. It is about taking risks and falling, but getting back up. It is about challenging ideas that have been ingrained in you for so long and believing that people can change.

In a word -- delightful!