Sarah Dessen - Children's Author

Sarah Dessen grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in Creative Writing. She is the author of several novels, including Someone Like You and The Truth About Forever. A motion picture based on her first two books, entitled How to Deal, was released in 2003. Her seventh book, Just Listen, was published in the summer of 2005. She lives in North Carolina.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Sarah Dessen

The Moon and More
Sarah Dessen
Best-selling Sarah Dessen brings to life a long hot and complicated summer for Emeline. In the small town beach resort of Colby, Emeline is expecting to spend the summer at the end of high school busy with her boyfriend...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2013
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Infinity: A Pocket Money Puffin
Sarah Dessen
An elegantly turned short story infused with all the passion of the possibilities of a first sexual experience, Infinity thoughtfully explores how a teenager makes a wise and brave choice about forging her own path – even when in the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen
A kind-hearted and intuitive account of a young woman dealing with the private issues in her life, chiefly the death of her father. She joins a gang of artistic friends through the Wish catering company and she begins to understand...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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