false <![CDATA[Just Listen]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255700300m/1223766.jpg 51738 12 Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything; at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf 's Department Store. This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth-telling. With Owen's help, maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.<P> In this multi-layered, impossible-to-put-down book, Sarah Dessen tells the story of a year in the life of a family coming to terms with the imperfections beneath its perfect facade. 1032901 6 4 2006 Just Listen total:7710|5:3599|4:2590|3:1180|2:282|1:59| 7710 32518 11189 1126 3 9 false false Sun Mar 22 16:57:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 19:51:20 -0700 2009 I loved the first book of hers I read, Someone Like You, but unfortunately it seems like the more books of hers I read, the more formulaic her writing becomes.
It seems like every novel she writes follows this structure:
1) Girl (with...more...]]> 5 13 false false Tue May 06 00:25:18 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 00:25:40 -0700 2008
Up until now, THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER has always been my favorite Sarah Dessen book. Now that I've read JUST LISTEN, however, I think there's a tie! The characters of this latest release are so honestly real, their dialogue perfectly placed, that you ca...more...]]> 3 8 false true Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 16:41:56 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 19:35:31 -0700 2008
It's about a girl who is kind of caught up in how she wants to be seen-- a model, actually. Like, literally, that is her job. And she apparently made some pretty terrible decisions that cost her at...more...]]> 5 7 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 10:18:36 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 10:19:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 07 11:02:31 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 18:24:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 16 18:37:21 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 09:06:50 -0800 2009 ...<u/>, by Sarah Dessen, to read for my book report because Sarah Dessen is one of my all-time favorite authors. Her writing not only captivates me, but also inspires me. Dessen writes from a troubling teenager's point of view in which she expresses the many iss...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 03 16:55:24 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 19:45:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 09:23:04 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 09:31:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 15:42:04 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 20:36:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 27 19:50:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 00:11:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 14:38:11 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 09:38:20 -0700 2007
This is about a girl who is dealing with all of the typical teenage problems (loss of best friend, sexual assault, sister with eating disorder, emotionally unstable mother, etc.)...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 15:31:04 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 19:07:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 19:48:37 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:26:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 12:31:42 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 23 09:18:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 06:20:33 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:23:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 26 14:14:19 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 13 07:41:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:57:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:17:20 -0700 2009
Now friendless, she started sitting on the wall at lunch, all by herself, except for a guy named Ow...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:25:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 09:23:26 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:24:49 -0700 2009 Just Listen

I really recommend the book Just Listen. I recommend it because it is very easy to relate to. It’s about a girl named Annabel who is a model along with her two sisters. One sister goes anorexic and gets very ill. One night Annabel woke up to have a snack and she foun...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 17:10:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 17:19:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1223766