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Keeping the Moon
by
Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.
ebook, 240 pages
Published
May 11th 2004
by Speak
(first published September 1st 1999)
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I just finished re-reading this book. I first read it a few years back when I was 14 so I've been waiting a while to re-read this book and give it a proper review. I thought that it might be hard for me to get back into since I'd already read it and was worried that I wouldn't like it as much as I did when I was younger. But I found myself just as interested as I was the first time. Laughing at the same parts, anticipating the same things and loving all the characters. Colie is so real and Dess...more
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My first Dessen read and the one that lead me to her other marvelous novels. I drank the kool-aid once and never turned back.
I need to do a proper review for it another day. It has a good lesson on how other people can help you and that sometimes you are more special than you thought you were. The title fits and is such a cool name.
I need to do a proper review for it another day. It has a good lesson on how other people can help you and that sometimes you are more special than you thought you were. The title fits and is such a cool name.
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Sep 19, 2009
Valerie
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The first time I read this book was about 4 years ago so I decided to read it again and I was still just as interested in it as I was then. This is the book that first got me started on reading Sarah Dessen books. Its a good starter too since it isn't as dark as some of her other books.
Colie seems to hold herself back so much in the start of the book. She is also a bit of a push over which isn't what you would expect from a girl with dyed black hair and a lip piercing. However as the book progr...more
Colie seems to hold herself back so much in the start of the book. She is also a bit of a push over which isn't what you would expect from a girl with dyed black hair and a lip piercing. However as the book progr...more
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Colie feels like she has been abandoned, and to anyone else, it might actually look that way to, being dropped off to spend the summer with an Aunt she hardly knows. As Colie tries to adjust to her very different Aunt Mira and her strange artistic tenant, Norman, she lands a waitressing job at the local diner and meets Morgan and Isabel, two girls who have gone through high school and survived. Over the course of the summer Colie finds out this might have been just what she needed.
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Jun 30, 2012
Josheka
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Keeping The Moon was short, sweet and like all other Dessen books, had that "wise" message in the end.
This book was just so normal and plain and..normal. Yet for some reason once I started reading it, I couldn't stop. See, that's always the case when I read any Sarah Dessen books. They're like music which makes you wanna just leave everything else and get into the flow. The messages that's always there in her books are so wonderful and we can always expect to le...more
Keeping The Moon was short, sweet and like all other Dessen books, had that "wise" message in the end.
This book was just so normal and plain and..normal. Yet for some reason once I started reading it, I couldn't stop. See, that's always the case when I read any Sarah Dessen books. They're like music which makes you wanna just leave everything else and get into the flow. The messages that's always there in her books are so wonderful and we can always expect to le...more
For me, this wasn't as good as other Sarah Dessen books. And before I even begin reading it, I've had high expectations on this one, because I've read that this is Sarah's favorite among the books she'd written. But it doesn't quite keep me interested in it like her other novels did.
I don't really like Colie (the main character & narrator) that much. She's just usually quiet and doesn't stand up for herself, not until the very end. And I kept waiting for something big to happen, like a twist...more
I don't really like Colie (the main character & narrator) that much. She's just usually quiet and doesn't stand up for herself, not until the very end. And I kept waiting for something big to happen, like a twist...more
Ok so I admittedly am behind on the my Sarah Dessen reading. I know I need to read everything by her, so I started with this one. It was really good (especially for my own personal taste). I thought it was girly, but not too girly. I liked the lessons learned in it and the different characters. Colie is a former fat girl whose mom was also fat but made herself over and rose to stardom as a fitness and inspirational guru. The story takes place over a summer when Colie spends her vacation with her...more
Feb 22, 2009
Kat
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
All girls who deal with body image problems, and issues with self esteem
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I read this book in one day, so it's definitely a good book to read if you want to read one quickly. I read it once three years ago but didn't remember what it was exactly about so I decided to read it again. I think it's a good book for teenage girls and it teaches a lesson that it doesn't matter what other people think, it matters what you think about yourself.
I haven't read a contemporary book in about a year. I haven't read a good, mind-blowing, makes-you-think contemporary book in as long as I can remember. Since I haven't kinda reviewed books in a while (nine days, but it felt like a month), I decided to pick up my copy of Keeping the Moon that I won from a contest last year and finally read it. And I think it changed my outlook on life. Or at least my current situation.
So Keeping the Moon tells the tale of Colie Sparks, who moves to North Caroli...more
So Keeping the Moon tells the tale of Colie Sparks, who moves to North Caroli...more
I've heard a lot of great things about Sarah Dessen because when people see a bad summer book, her's are the ones they them compare to. This is the first book that I've read written by her. My expectations were up, up in the sky, and I was sorely disappointed. I dreamed of the "summer book goddess" unfurling her beautiful wings and showing me that life's worth living and things like that. But NO! Sad to say, this book was mega predictable like how you immediately knew the first 50 pages how the...more
As I started reading this book Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen, it becomes clear that it is a lot about body images. What I enjoyed about this book is how relatable it is to the real world. Colie, the main character, grows up as an over weight girl. She struggles a long the way with people around her always’ making fun of the way she looks. This relates to real life situations because girls all over the world struggle with obesity, as well as getting made fun of for being over weight. Not only...more
I’m a true fan of Sarah Dessen books, when I picked up a random one of her novels off the shelf under her name; it was called Keeping the Moon. I wasn’t too enthused with the summary on the back. As I began to read, I really could relate and felt a true connection to the book. It has a strong theme about becoming confident, bringing out the best in yourself, and being who you really are. Nicole Sparks, the main character, goes by Colie, a teenage girl who hasn’t had the easiest past. She has nev...more
Keeping the Moon , by Sarah Dessen, was just meh for me.
Nicole “Colie” Sparks, daughter of famous weight loss guru Kiki Sparks, is sent to spend the summer with an eccentric aunt that she barely knows. Colie has lost 45 pounds but still struggles with her self-image and confidence. She becomes friends with Isabel and Morgan, 2 girls who work in the small town’s diner where she ends up getting a job. Colie learns some second-hand life lessons while she works at loving herself.
The characters wer...more
Nicole “Colie” Sparks, daughter of famous weight loss guru Kiki Sparks, is sent to spend the summer with an eccentric aunt that she barely knows. Colie has lost 45 pounds but still struggles with her self-image and confidence. She becomes friends with Isabel and Morgan, 2 girls who work in the small town’s diner where she ends up getting a job. Colie learns some second-hand life lessons while she works at loving herself.
The characters wer...more
I got this book for a bargain (4 books for $5) and so I ended up having a whole collection of Sarah Dessen books at home. I decided to read this because it was short, which meant it wouldn’t be too time consuming to read, and because the blurb sounded appealing.
This book falls under the ‘A book with a female main character’ section of the bingo board. This role is taken by Colie Sparks, who is the daughter of an internationally famous fitness instructor. The category is a good category because...more
This book falls under the ‘A book with a female main character’ section of the bingo board. This role is taken by Colie Sparks, who is the daughter of an internationally famous fitness instructor. The category is a good category because...more
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Tenía muchas ganas de leer algo de esta autora pues había oído muy buenas críticas sobre sus libros. Y la verdad, me alegro de no haberme llevado un chasco y salir un poco de mi mala racha de lecturas.
Para empezar, me ha sorprendido mucho la habilidad de esta autora de contarte una historia de lo más realista y a la vez que se te pase de un suspiro. El ritmo es muy ágil y constante. Por otra parte, hay muchas situaciones divertidas o sencillamente...more
Tenía muchas ganas de leer algo de esta autora pues había oído muy buenas críticas sobre sus libros. Y la verdad, me alegro de no haberme llevado un chasco y salir un poco de mi mala racha de lecturas.
Para empezar, me ha sorprendido mucho la habilidad de esta autora de contarte una historia de lo más realista y a la vez que se te pase de un suspiro. El ritmo es muy ágil y constante. Por otra parte, hay muchas situaciones divertidas o sencillamente...more
I chose "Keeping the Moon" because I love Sarah Dessen. Each book that she writes has a different moral that goes along. In "Keeping the Sun" it is to never judge someone at first glance. The main character Colie moves in with her aunt Mira. Colie had always been teased for her weight, thus, making it difficult for her to fit in. When she moves in with her aunt, Colie meets new people. The moral of the story ties in when Colie meets this guy named Norman who works for her aunt. Norman is a hippy...more
Overall, I enjoyed this book. It wasn't amazing, but it was a fun book to read, and I read most of it in one day. It's about a girl named Colie who goes to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt Mira. Colie is not very popular in school because she used to be fat and now people believe she is a slut, even though she isn't. Colie soon gets a job as a waitress and befriends two other girls, Isabel and Morgan.
Colie seemed to be more mature than most fifteen-year-old girls are. I'm not really sure...more
Colie seemed to be more mature than most fifteen-year-old girls are. I'm not really sure...more
I think this is my least favorite Sarah Dessen book. Sorry, Sarah Dessen. Don't get me wrong, I still would follow her to the ends of the Earth and read all of her books, but this one just didn't do it for me.
The good: I liked the concept of the story, a girl who isn't comfortable in her own body and who just doesn't understand that everyone feels the way she does. Believe me, this isn't something you can teach to teenagers. Time and time again I've tried having the "everyone is scared, everyone...more
The good: I liked the concept of the story, a girl who isn't comfortable in her own body and who just doesn't understand that everyone feels the way she does. Believe me, this isn't something you can teach to teenagers. Time and time again I've tried having the "everyone is scared, everyone...more
Close to perfect,
although the ending could use a little bit more closure.
Keeping the moon is about a girl named Colie. Colie's mother is Kiki Sparks, Kiki has her own line of motivational DVDs and excercise equipment. Kiki Sparks is the queen of weight loss. When Colie was young and lived in a ccar with her mother Kiki, they were both very fat. Eventually Kiki got skinny and is now helping the rest of the world to be just like her!
This book takes place over one summer and tells part of Colies...more
although the ending could use a little bit more closure.
Keeping the moon is about a girl named Colie. Colie's mother is Kiki Sparks, Kiki has her own line of motivational DVDs and excercise equipment. Kiki Sparks is the queen of weight loss. When Colie was young and lived in a ccar with her mother Kiki, they were both very fat. Eventually Kiki got skinny and is now helping the rest of the world to be just like her!
This book takes place over one summer and tells part of Colies...more
This book is about a girl named Colie who is a teenager. Her famous mom is making her go stay with her Aunt Mira for the summer. Something else about Colie is that she used to be very overweight and so did her mom. Then her mom started to drop the pounds and now had a whole line full of excersize and weight loss equipment. This is who her mom (Kiki Sparks) is famous. As Colie stays with her eccentric aunt she goes to a diner called Last Chance where she meets Isabel and Morgan. The first thing...more
Jan 11, 2013
Cara
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Colie (Nicole) gets dumped on her Aunt Mira for the summer while her self-absorbed mom promotes her weight-loss stuff in Europe. It's a beach town, and she ends up working at the cafe with the two girls who live next door and the guy who lives downstairs. This is her chance to finally fit in somewhere and make friends. She's always been the outcast--picked on in school for being fat or nerdy or whatever--yet she is extremely superficial and judgmental herself, pretty much rejecting everyone she...more
Keeping the Moon is not the first book by Sarah Dessen and this book is not part of a series. Sarah Dessen is currently writing a new book. Her first book is called "That Summer". Sarah Dessen was born June 6, 1970 in Illinois but was raised in North Carolina. The main character is Colie the other characters in this book are Morgan, Isabel, Mira, and Norman. Colie and her mom Kiki Sparks used to be fat and during those years they were called fat and many worse names. Colie and her mom have trave...more
Synopsis:
Collie Sparks has a complex since she was little: she is overweight, like almost all the members in her family. Even if she is perfectly thin now (with her mother's help, Kiki Sparks, who became a famous fitness celebrity) she can't get over the hurt and she is the same shy girl who faced those bad attitudes.
Because she must spend her entire summer in a small city named Colby, with her artistic aunt since her mom is busy with her turnament around the globe, Collie thinks that she wil...more
Collie Sparks has a complex since she was little: she is overweight, like almost all the members in her family. Even if she is perfectly thin now (with her mother's help, Kiki Sparks, who became a famous fitness celebrity) she can't get over the hurt and she is the same shy girl who faced those bad attitudes.
Because she must spend her entire summer in a small city named Colby, with her artistic aunt since her mom is busy with her turnament around the globe, Collie thinks that she wil...more
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Keeping the Moon was the first Sarah Dessen book I read. It's quite obvious that all her books are somewhat similar (the same characters even appear in the background although their roles are not very important). Keeping the Moon was not a very bad book, and I remember that I enjoyed reading it. However, after reading nearly ten books written by her (I just love reading chick-lit, though it's pretty pointless, I know), I can't exactly recall the details of this book. All I remember is that one o...more
Overall, although I am a recent HUGE Sarah Dessen fan, this one was not my favourite, but still worth reading.
Firstly, I love the name Colie, just to put it out there. I liked the setting, with Colby also being in some of Dessens other novels, so if was familiar. I liked Norman's cute painting habits, I liked the description of Colie's mother's tranformation, I liked all the writing, because Dessen is just pitch-perfect in that sense, and I liked how it wasn't just a summer romance, but a story...more
Firstly, I love the name Colie, just to put it out there. I liked the setting, with Colby also being in some of Dessens other novels, so if was familiar. I liked Norman's cute painting habits, I liked the description of Colie's mother's tranformation, I liked all the writing, because Dessen is just pitch-perfect in that sense, and I liked how it wasn't just a summer romance, but a story...more
This is one of my favorite Sarah Dessen books. The reasons though it did not get 4 or 5 stars is because I do have some things that I didn't like about it. The major thing for me was her not standing up for herself. When anyone told her something even if it wasn't that mean she would shrink and feel bad and go right to a flashback. So I was so happy when she finally ended up getting some confidence because I was going to tell her to get some confidence even if she's just a character. The second...more
Jun 10, 2012
Katie G
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I first read this book last year. I kept hearing great things about Sarah Dessen, and this book sounded the most interesting of the ones that I saw on the shelf. I liked it the first time, but I didn't really think it was that great.
This time, I read it mostly because I'm trying to write a YA book and wanted to read a book for research. I decided on this one because it wasn't very long and because I had remembered thinking it was a decent book overall. I actually liked it a lot more this time, a...more
This time, I read it mostly because I'm trying to write a YA book and wanted to read a book for research. I decided on this one because it wasn't very long and because I had remembered thinking it was a decent book overall. I actually liked it a lot more this time, a...more
I rather wish I had come across Sarah Dessen when she published her first book, That Summer--I really think that her books are great reads for teen and 'tween girls. However, that doesn't stop me from enjoying them years after the fact.
Keeping The Moon deals with an issue that I think most girls struggle with at some point--their weight and appearance. As always, Dessen handles the story tastefully and realistically. It's interesting to see how she has evolved from her first book in this, her th...more
Keeping The Moon deals with an issue that I think most girls struggle with at some point--their weight and appearance. As always, Dessen handles the story tastefully and realistically. It's interesting to see how she has evolved from her first book in this, her th...more
Colie Sparks is a 15-year old girl just trying to figure out what life is all about. She struggles with insecurities, which abound greatly in her life. Her and her mother used to be incredibly overweight, but now, her mother is a world renowned aerobics instructor, and both Colie and her mother Kiki have shed the weight that they so despised. Collie's mother must go on a European tour during the summer, so Collie moves in with her aunt Mira in Colby, North Carolina. While in Colby, Colie makes u...more
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