Sarah Dessen is a very good writer. I always find myself attached to her books. This book got my attention because I new that it would be good because it is written by Sarah Dessen. Also there are many great reviews on this book witch made me even more intrested. Here is the link where i found the reviews of this awsome book. http://www.amazon.com/Along-Ride-Sarah-Dessen/dp/0670011940/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296847556&sr=1-1From the past in know that Sarah Dessen likes to write about the realationships that teenagers go on the daily bases. Auden is the main character in the book and i can already connect with her from the beggining of the book. Audens is going to star college in the fall but however her parants are divorced and she dicides to spend the summer with her father and his new family. The way that I connect to Auden is that my parents are divorced too. So sometimes I will spend the summer or winter break with my dad in Lithuania. I can just imagine the way she feels that her parents are divorced because I feel the same way. Many teenagers ger affected by the divorced and here is a link on how the teenagers get affected by their parents divorce.
http://www.dealwithdivorce.com/cat/effects-divorce/
It stars with Auden moving into the new town. She does not know anyone however while shes walking aroung town some of the boys start talking with her. One of the guys name is Jake. He envites Auden to the party that night but Auden does not pay much attention to him. However that night she disides to go the the party. When Auden gets there Jake instantly recognizes her and takes her aside. He starts to trie to connect with Auden, but she just gets up and leaves. This makes me think about how strong she is. There are so many girls that are taken advantage of. I believe it takes a strong personality to just stand up and say no to this nonsense.
This book just keeps me wanting to read more and find out the end of it. It just so full of the surprises and I just cannot wait how it ends. There are many questions that are poping at my head right now. Is Auden going to find friends? Is she going to have a summer of her life? Will Auden fall in love with Jake or someone else? I cannot wait to read this book more and i hope to get all my questions answered.
