Annabel Greene's family looks perfect, but really things have been pretty rough. Annabel's sister Whitney is battling an eating disorder, which has the whole family unbalenced, while Annabel is hiding a pretty big secret as well. Annabel hates to confront others, so instead of telling them how she really feels she tells them just what they want to hear, even if it makes her unhappy. During Summer her and her friend Sophie get in a fight, she does everything she can to avoid telling others what happened, which ends up leaving her all alone. But, when school starts she meets Owen, a guy who shows her that telling how she feels is more rewarding then keeping it in. Just Listen is a thinking-provoked novel that shows how much listening, and standing up for yourself, can make a world of difference.

My favorite part of the book was when she finally let everything she was keeping inside come out. All around i truely enjoyed this books theme, and how it was written.