Has any one here read somone like you by sarah dessen?

Question

i really need help writing a summary on it yeah so pls help me
Thanx :)

Answer 1

I have read the book, but it was over a year ago. I can't really write book summaries from that far back on the spot. But Sarah Dessen has a great website and this is what I found:

Book Description

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. For the first time, Scarlett really needs Halley. Their friendship may bend under the weight, but it'll never break--because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever. Sarah Dessen's poignant, funny voice has earned her raves and legions of teenaged fans.



Editorial Reviews

From The Horn Book

In this novel whose first-person voice is remarkable for its authenticity, Dessen more than fulfills the promise of her first book, That Summer, to her fascination with Scarlett's pregnancy. Adolescent girls will readily identify with Halley and will appreciate the book's honest explication of the things they really want to know.

-- Copyright ©1998 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.



From Booklist

Gr. 7-12. As in her popular first novel, That Summer (1996), Dessen has a perfect ear for the immediate daily details of a middle-class teenager's home, school, job, party scene--the elemental push and pull of family and friends. In this story, Halley has always been the "perfect daughter," but the year she turns 16, she breaks from her domineering mother and is attracted by Macon, a wild, dangerous boy who takes her where she's never been. Should she sleep with him? Her best friend, Scarlett, says no, not until Halley is sure Macon loves her. Then Scarlett turns out to be pregnant--the condom "came off," the boy is dead in an accident--and she refuses an abortion. There is a lot going on, and this novel is not as tautly written as the first one. The metaphors are overstated and contrived, especially the "Grand Canyon" between Halley and her mother. Halley's boyfriend remains vague, even in the love scenes, not only because she doesn't know much about him but also because, like all the males in the story (including Halley's dad), he's only there as background to the women's conflict. The exciting center of the story is Halley's relationship with Scarlett: here Dessen gets it exactly right, from the scenes at the cash register in the supermarket where they work to the candid treatment of Scarlett's pregnancy. Month by month Halley supports her friend through the discomfort and the drag. The climax of the book is the joyful birth scene, when the women are there with Scarlett--Halley, her mother, and Scarlett's mother--all strong and loving together for their newborn girl. The book title fits: many teenage girls will find themselves in this story.

-- Hazel Rochman