The Moon and More, by Sarah Dessen
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In her eleventh novel, Sarah Dessen returns to the beach town of Colby, setting of some of her best-loved books. Emaline is a Colby native, and so summer at the beach for her means hard work and a new population of beach goers. During this, her last summer before college, Emaline meets Theo while working for her family’s rental business. He’s a city boy who’s come to Colby as the assistant to a high-strung documentary filmmaker who’s in town to profile a reclusive local artist. Emaline knows he’s not her type, but she can’t help feeling drawn to him. And as their relationship develops, Emaline finds herself questioning her own goals, values, and choices in this classic Dessen romance.
The Moon and More, by Sarah Dessen - Amazon Sales Rank: #22498 in Books
- Brand: Speak
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.25" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 464 pages
The Moon and More, by Sarah Dessen From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-Dessen aims for the Moon with her latest novel and manages the landing quite wonderfully. Readers looking for a story as warm and real as The Truth About Forever (Viking, 2004) need look no further. Emaline works hard, both in school and at her family's realty office with three generations of women handling beach-vacation rentals in the small southern town of Colby. Her efforts get her accepted to Columbia, but when her birth father, back in her life after being absent for 10 years, suddenly and inexplicably withdraws his offer of substantial help, she has to settle for a less-prestigious school just two hours away. One advantage: her boyfriend, Luke, will also be there. Summer starts off normally: her dad, the one who married her teenaged mother and adopted Emaline years ago, is still fixing up their house; her older stepsister is bossing her around at work; and Em is passing out keys and towels and hanging around with her best friends, Daisy and Morris. Characters are crafted with care to be whole and realistic, so readers will be immersed when Emaline meets the New Yorkers who rent a mansion for the summer to make a documentary about local character Clyde, once quite a big deal on the art scene. Theo, the filmmaker's cute assistant, seems smitten with Emaline; and when Luke indulges in clubbing with a pretty tourist, the dream couple breaks up, enabling Emaline to spend some time with someone new. Complications romantic and familial help crystallize the strength in Emaline as her understanding transitions from youth to adulthood.-Suzanne Gordon, Lanier High School, Sugar Hill, GAα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist Emaline is on that precipice familiar to most new high-school grads: knowing where you come from, anticipating where you’re heading, and struggling to reconcile the two. She’s a lifer in the small beach town of Colby (the setting of two of Dessen’s previous novels), comfortable with her longtime boyfriend, Luke, her chaotic blended family, and a job at Colby Realty. But when NYU student Theo and his boss arrive to film a documentary about reclusive local artist Clyde Conaway—and Emaline’s biological father and half brother come to town—summer takes unexpected twists. On the same day that it’s over with Luke, Emaline kisses Theo; but is he just a summer fling, or could he be something more? Dessen returns to familiar crowd-pleasing territory here, offering up perfect beach weather, plenty of romance, and a capable protagonist coming to terms with change. As always, she explores YA-relatable themes, from divorce to absentee parents, in nuanced and thought-provoking ways (“You think it’s all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it’s all in who’s doing the looking”). Fans will be waiting; after all, it’s not summer without Dessen. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A national author tour and major media campaign ensure that this is as well received as Dessen’s previous best-selling titles. Grades 8-12. --Ann Kelley
Review "Dessen is as skilled as ever at turning out steady, satisfying stories about teens that are easy to fall for." —Publishers Weekly, starred review"Completely engaging, infused with moments of sweetness, humor and major epiphanies."—Kirkus Reviews“Quintessential Dessen”—The Horn BookMany of Dessen’s books have been selected as Best Books for Young Adults, and they have appeared on numerous state award lists.
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful. Not up to par with Dessen's previous novels By Amy B. I struggled with what to write in my review of The Moon and More for a long time. I have been a fan of Dessen for many years. I have been reading her novels since I was in high school, and even now, as an adult, I look forward to the releases of all of her novels. I have long since considered her one of my favorite authors, and definitely one of the most talented YA authors I've ever read.That is why I was so disappointed with The Moon and More. Overall, I found is to be my least favorite of Dessen's novels. The characters were weak and overly written. I found myself forgetting the names of main characters and getting confused throughout the book. I struggled with what Dessen was trying to portray in Emaline's relationship with Theo. For 3/4 of the book I was extremely upset because I believed that I was supposed to like Theo, when I really did not.I think that my lack of enjoyment of The Moon and More stems from the fact that this is not "just another Sarah Dessen novel." Without giving away the plot and ending, I will say that this book does not follow the same pattern as her other books. While I commend her for trying to change, I found it to be too confusing because I didn't realize that she was trying to change it up until I was 90% done with the book. If you are going to go for a change, go big. This book had too similar of a beginning to her other books, thus causing confusion from this reader.The book IS well written, however. It does stay up to par in that area. I was able to find the same humor that I usually find in her novels, and found myself laughing out loud at the situations Emaline got herself into. And I now find myself randomly using the line, "that's so crackers" in day-to-day conversations, which is the catch phrase of Emaline's BFF Morris.And as always, I did enjoy Dessen's Easter egg references to pervious characters from her other books. Although she didn't answer the one question I am dying to know- are Auden and Eli still together!? :) I guess I'll just have to use my imagination on that one.Overall, I think that new readers of Sarah Dessen will enjoy this book for its well written dialogue, ingesting plot, and humorous writing. Old readers of Dessen, however, may find it lacking something that is hard to put a finger on.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful. Sarah Dessen Let Me Down By R. Erikson I want to preface this review with the fact that I love Sarah Dessen! I have read her since high school and I look forward to her new books every year. I'll admit, not every book is perfect. Lock and Key mentioned locks and/or keys on every page, but the characters and story made up for it. I also feel like her books changed over the years from more serious drugs/ abuse growing up to town growing up, but that isn't a complaint, just an observation.Now on to this book,at first when I was reading it, I was confused as to why I was struggling through 20 page increments. I assumed I was tired/ moody/ hot/ etc, but that wasn't it. The problem with this book was that none of the characters (with the exception of her adorable 10 year old brother) were likable. I didn't like either of the guys in the love triangle, and the main character was also irritating. I found myself tempted many times to put this book back and re-read This Lullaby, but I preserved. It wasn't worth it. I texted my best friend from high school after finishing this book asking what my problem was (another Sarah Dessen fan), and she also didn't enjoy this book, for the same reasons. If I was you, heed my advice and go read some old Sarah Dessen.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful. I usually give all of Sarah Dessen's books five stars! By Rosie I have been waiting for Sarah Dessen's newest book The Moon and More to be released for months. Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite author's and her books have never let me down, until now.Emaline is a typical high school graduate about to leave for college at the end of the summer. She lives in a small beach town, Colby, and works at Colby Reality, a business her grandparents started right out of high school. Emaline is the youngest, therefore she has to do all the work no one else wants to do: check-ins to beach rentals, delivering towels to guests, and making sure everyone is happy and not breaking anything throughout their beach stay.Emaline has two best friends, Daisy and Morris. She also has a boyfriend, Luke, who she has been dating since ninth grade. As the summer starts, Emaline wonders what it would be like to experience summer like a local: date a guy that is a tourist and hope that the relationship lasts past October. Her wish becomes a reality when she meets Theo, an aspiring film student. Add on top of this, a father who has been absent most of Emaline's life, two sisters, a dad who adopted her when she was two, and a mother who loves her to the moon and more, and you have one confusing story with way too many characters.I hate to say this, but it has to be said, Sarah Dessen really dropped the ball on this one. I have been reading her books since high school, and they are always so well developed, so honest, and so endearing, and I didn't expect anything less from The Moon and More. Since I have been reading her books for so long, and recently started reading her blog, I feel like I know her, and I feel like she's my friend, (is that creepy?) and I feel so bad saying that this was a failed attempt at a good summer read, but the truth is, it just wasn't a good summer read.Many times, I found myself wondering who characters were after reading about them for hundreds of pages. I also wondered why Emaline has two best friends, not because a person can't have two best friends, but because neither character was developed enough to be a main character and a main focus of the story. Emaline would have been better off with one fully developed best friend instead of two half developed best friends. I hated Theo, the weirdo from New York, and I wanted to like Luke, but I barely got to know him, as well.The only character I actually did like was Emaline's half brother, Benji, who is way too smart to be only 10. I honestly think Benji was the only character that I really felt connected to. I also liked the Clyde plotline. Every small town has their odd ball, and Clyde is Colby's. I like that he's an artist. He reminds me of my dad; stubborn about his art, even when everyone is telling him it's so good. I really thought his story should have been featured more, instead of wasting pages on Emaline running into Luke's mom at the gym, and what new construction project Emaline's dad was working on at their house.The end of the novel seemed way too abrupt. For a book that is 435 pages, the ending could have tied up all of the loose ends at a slower pace, since there were a million problems in this story. Some issues weren't even resolved, which left me with an uneasy feeling. When I finished the book and sighed from unhappiness, I thought maybe I just grew out of Sarah Dessen's books. This could have happened since she is a Young Adult author, but then I read other reviews, and the verdict was similar across the board: this just wasn't Sarah Dessen's best book. It is completely different from the books we (Sarah Dessen fans) all love: This Lullaby, The Truth about Forever, That Summer, Keeping the Moon, Lock and Key, Just Listen, What Happened to Goodbye, Someone Like you, and Along for the Ride. (I haven't finished Dreamland yet, so I can't add this to my "I love" list yet.) I hope her next book reminds me why I love her so much. Until then, I'll just go back and read my favorites, which will help erase the pain of disliking the book I was looking forward to reading most this summer.This review is also on my blog.
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