The Horn Book Magazine, July 1st, 1998
Sarah Dessen Someone Like You 282 pp. Viking 5/98 ISBN 0-670-87778-6 15.99 (Older)
In this novel whose first-person voice is remarkable for it authenticity, Dessen more than fulfills the promise of her first book, That Summer (rev. 11/96). A great deal happens to Halley during her junior year in high school. Her best friend, Scarlett, becomes pregnant, a not-unheard-of event--"but for girls like us, like Scarlett, these things didn't happen. And if they did it was taken care of in secret, discreetly, and only rumored." Uncharacteristically, Scarlett decides to keep the baby. Halley falls in...
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