You know that girl, the one who seems to have everything? Did you ever wonder if it was really true? Everyone has problems, and sixteen year old Annabel, a model, is no exception. Why has Annabel become isolated from her friends?
Can two people from different high school cliques find love? Why or why not?
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself having to eat alone at lunch because all of your friends stopped speaking to you? This is how formally-popular sixteen-year-old Annabel Greene begins her junior year. The question is: what changed? Could an unlikely friendship with another isolated teen be just what she needs?
Why is Annabel unable to talk about what has happened to her?
Why does Annabel find it so difficult to be honest about her feelings in general?
How have her own actions caused her to be in the miserable situation in which she finds herself?
nnabel's mother has been fragile and depressed since the death of her own mother. How does her emotional absence contribute to her daughters' problems?
ow does Annabel's unlikely friendship with Owen help her? What does this friendship tell us about opening up to new types of friendship?
hat did you learn about dealing with a loved one with an eating disorder?
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 Just Listen . A motion picture based on her first two books, entitled How to Deal, was released in 2003. Her eighth book, Lock and Key, will be published in April 2008. She lives in North Carolina.