Along for Sarah Dessen's Ride

Any girl that is between the ages of thirteen and seventeen has most likely read at least one of Sarah Dessen's teen fiction relationship novels. I myself have devoted hours of my time to dwell in the lives of the characters that she so effortlessly seems to create. For her new book 'Along for the ride', Dessen does it again. In this book the main character Auden is a book smart girl, with book smart parents and little to no friends. She has never kissed a boy and only almost got to go to the prom but was unfortunately stood up for her date's educational opportunity that could not be missed. After her parents divorce Auden is left with her very successful and seemingly close-minded mother and her political discussing dinner parties with grad students with whom she happens to have relations with a select few. Auden feeling like she has never really stepped foot or toe into the world of parties and boyfriends, decides to stay with her once successful author father and blond peppy step-mother for the summer before college. Auden soon discovers what her mother refuses to see, the fact that people are not always what they seem on the outside and to truly see someone you have to look harder and dig deeper. Conquering fears, defying parents, cute boys and bicycles, I think it's safe to say that any teenage girl who's still figuring out life could learn something from this book, as always the case with a Sarah Dessen novel. So go 'Along for the ride' and see what you can find. For more on Sarah Dessen and her works please go to www.sarahdessen.com