Along for the ride, Sarah Dessen
Type
Label
Along for the ride, Sarah Dessen
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
750L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Along for the ride
Responsibility statement
Sarah Dessen
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, UG, 4.7, 15, 130118
Summary
Dessen has built a well-deserved reputation for delicately depicting teen girls in turmoil. Her latest title showcases a socially awkward young woman who seeks solace in the comforting rigidity of academic success. Auden is about to start college in the fall, and decides to escape her control-freak professor mom to spend the summer with her novelist father, his new young wife, and their brand-new baby daughter, Thisbe. Over the course of the summer, Auden tackles many new projects: learning to ride a bike, making real connections with peers, facing the emotional fallout of her parents? divorce, distancing herself from her mother, and falling in love with Eli, a fellow insomniac bicyclist recovering from his own traumas. The cover may mislead readers, as despite the body language of the girl in pink and the hunky blue-jeaned boy balanced on a bike, this is no slight romance: there's real substance here. Dessen's many fans will not be deterred by the length or that cover; they expect nuanced, subtle writing, and they won't be disappointed. Grades 9-12
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1