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Description edit
Rule #1: There are no rules Just when you think you've got everything figured out for yourself, things get turned upside down. Families change. Lives end. New lives begin. And love sneaks up on you when you least expect it. The trick is finding that one person you can always count on, that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Halley Cooke: Lead Character
- Macon Faulkner: The Guy
- Scarlett Thomas: The Best Friend
- Ashley: Halley's older sister who is getting married.
- Sumner: Add a description of this character.
- Lewis
- Marion
- Casey
- Gwendolyn Rogers
- Michael Sherwood
- Lydia Catrell
- Grandma Halley
- Elizabeth Gunderson
- Cameron
- Mrs. Melvin
- Steve
- Lorna
- Milton
- Ginny Tabor
- Rick
- Mrs. Bella
- Charlie Baker
- Carol
- Sarah Dessen
- Noah Vaughn
- Ronnie
- Ronald
- Mr. Averby
- Brett Hershey
- Julie
- Burt
- Brian
- Tony Trezzora
- Helen
- Rhetta
- Maryann Lister
- Melissa Ring
- Girmy Tabor
- Ruth
- Laurel Adams
- Marlene
Quotes edit
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“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend”
Halley Cooke -
“There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand”
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“You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place”
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“it's reall bad”
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“You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop”
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“I knew I had to keep him to myself, as I'd slowly begun to keep everything. We had secrets now, truths and half-truths, that kept her always at arm's lenght, behind a closed door, miles away”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Scarlett Thomas has been my best friend for as long as I can remember.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sarah Dessen (Author)
Subjects edit
- Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( D ) › Dessen, Sarah
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Pregnancy › Fiction
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
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Movie Connections edit
- How to Deal (IMDb): 2003
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