Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
A Best-Selling
Childhood
Author
Books
Movie Time!
That Summer
Someone Like You
Keeping the Moon
The Truth About Forever
Dreamland
This Lullaby
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• Born in 1970 in Illinois, but grew up in Chapel
  Hill, NC.
• Parents were college professors and has one
  brother
• Loves to read. Her mother used to give her books
  for Christmas.
• In high school, her friends would inspire her for
  her stories.
• She worked as a waitress at a world famous Flying
  Burrito Restaurant.
• Currently works as a teacher in writing at UNC-
  Chapel Hill

Sarahs Childhood
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Sarah Dessen Creations

• That Summer
• Someone Like You
• Keeping the Moon
• Dreamland
• This Lullaby
• The Truth About Forever
• Just Listen

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• This novel was the first novel Sarah Dessen sold.

That Summer

• This book was not intended to be for teenagers,
  but it worked out to be that way.

• The theme of this novel is mainly being able to
  feel comfortable in your own skin.

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• Out of all the books, this one has the most
  number of fans

Someone Like You

• This novel shows how a true friendship is a
  promise you keep forever.

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• The characters are basically a combination of the
  waitresses Sarah worked with.
• In this story, the character finds a potential
  she has, that she doesnt know about.

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DREAMLAND

• Dreamland is mainly about a girl, named Caitlin,
  suddenly having to go her separate way after
  being led by someone all her life.

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This Lullaby

• Basically this story is about faith. Faith in
  love, faith in general. Remys tragic flaw, of
  sorts, is that shes afraid to take a chance on
  something she cant guarantee.

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The Truth About Forever

• This story is about a girl, named Macy Queen, who
  experienced a loss of her father. Now she is
  scared, she deals with her fear by trying to
  control everything, from her looks to how people
  look at her. She shut herself from everything
  that could possibly be a risk to her. It isnt
  until she meets a group of people who are the
  complete opposite- bringing, enjoying, and
  surviving chaos. They taught her how to accept
  the fact that her dad is gone and to continue to
  live her life.

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• The movie How To Deal is based on Sarah Dessens
  first two books. Someone Like You and That Summer

Movie Time!

• Originally the movie was named Someone Like You,
  but there was already a movie with that name.

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Bibliography

• Sarah Dessen Website
• Google