Along for the Ride

Reader: Sabrina K

Age: 15

Title: Along for the Ride

Author: Sarah Dessen

Publisher: Viking

Pub Date: June 16 09

Galley: Yes

Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes

Annotation: Auden is not your typical teenager, always has thought academics should go first, but now she's living with her dad and step-mom and things are about to change for her. She will be pressuredand have to find, throughout all the drama, how to find the real her.

Recommend: Yes

Convince us to read the book: This book is a great summer read, it shows how much you can be true to yourself, no matter what background you have, but still grow as a person during a short amount of time.

Compelling Aspect of the Book: All of the characters! They all sounded so real, I could imagine all of them, compared to most books, this one went in depth with all the characters and really helpedmake the book unique.

Did the cover reflect the content: The cover did tempt me to pick up the cover- it did have to do with the contents of the book and everything , but it made the book seem like one of those books about girls who just whine about everything. Auden would never wear pink OR a dress- and never the two combined. I know this was supposed to be a whole finding the new Auden, but I don't think she would change her looks that much over one summer. But other than tiny little details, the cover was good.Age Range 3: 14-15, 16-17

Quality: 5Q Hard to imagine a better book

Popularity: 5P Everyone wants to read it