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    Someone Like You

    Written by Sarah Dessen

    Narrated by Katharine Powell

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    Halley and Scarlett have been friends for years. People know Scarlett as the popular, flamboyant one; Halley's just the quiet sidekick, but she doesn't mind. The two of them balance each other perfectly-until the beginning of their junior year, when Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident. Soon afterward, she learns that she is carrying his baby. For the first time, Scarlett really needs Halley. Their friendship may bend under the weight of these struggles, but it will never break-because a true friendship is a promise you keep forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 25, 2003
    ISBN9780807215661
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    Someone Like You
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    Sarah Dessen

    Sarah Dessen is the number one New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews. Her books have been published in over thirty countries and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She currently lives in North Carolina with her family.

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    • 4/5
      This is a touching story about an enduring friendship between two girls, Halley and Scarlett who support each other through a range of teenage issues including boyfriends, sex and pregnancy. The characters are well developed and there is a nice mix of humour and seriousness. This book will have wide appeal for teenage girls.
    • 4/5
      I have read a few other Sarah Dessen books, but never really jumped on the bandwagon of loving then. I went into Someone Like You with low expectations. I ended up enjoying this so much more than I thought I would.This books deals with friendship, love, loss, and teenage pregnancy. I really enjoyed the friendship between Halley and Scarlett. I hated the relationship between Halley and Macon. It was a very problematic relationship, so I was very happy when he did not turn into a hero throughout the story. Overall, I enjoyed this much more than I was expecting. I really loved the ending!
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book! Great story and characters.
    • 4/5
      Good book!
    • 5/5
      I remember when I first read this book I couldn't put it down. It broke my heart, made me smile, and made me think about life all at the same time. This book introduced me to Sarah Dessen and in my opinion is her best book yet.
    • 5/5
      I remember when I first read this book I couldn't put it down. It broke my heart, made me smile, and made me think about life all at the same time. This book introduced me to Sarah Dessen and in my opinion is her best book yet.
    • 3/5
      Sarah Dessen is a well-renowned US author, but little known here in New Zealand. This is the first book I have read by her. It feels quite American - with mentions of camp and prom and Thanksgiving, but I do not think that should put people off. It is also refreshing to read something aimed at the teenage market that does not focus on vampires, werewolves, angels or other supernatural beings, but instead deals with real teenage girls in realistic situations. It does deal with relationship issues - that all important question "is he worth my virginity?" and the coming to terms with your identity, developing the confidence to stand up for yourself and make mature decisions. All things which I think are sadly brushed over in the "I-found-my-true-love-at-16-and-he-wasn't-human" themed books. At times it's a bit gritty, and at times you want to slap Halley, the protagonist, and tell her that she's making a mistake. And, of course, this novel is about friendship - about the bond between two female friends that has lasted since childhood and will last for many years to come. For those who have read and enjoyed Jacqueline Wilson, Melina Marchetta, Ann Brashares - then you shall enjoy these books too.
    • 5/5
      Its a really sweet story, Dessens first great novel, and a non-conformist to her usual formula, very nice.
    • 2/5
      Halley is best friends with Scarlett but things change. Scarlett's boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident and Scarlett finds herself pregnant. Halley's relationship with her mother has changed, too, as Halley has her first serious boyfriend.This reader found too much drama, too much 'telling' versus 'showing' and a weird tone in this book. It purports to be a YA book yet reads like an adult novel -- or, at least, a book written for mothers wanting to 'understand' the teenage years. Major life issues (death, abortion, loss of a best friend, first love) are raised and then dismissed in a trivial fashion. Meh.
    • 4/5
      Good, relatable YA book from bestselling author. Recommended by my 18 year old son's friend, she loves all books by Sarah Dessen. I would recommend this book to YA fans.
    • 4/5
      It was so good reading it
    • 5/5
      Everything is normal in Halley’s until the stress, the boyfriend, and baby comes around. The book, Someone Like You, written by Sarah Dessen is a fiction book about Halley and Scarlett, two best friends. Halley is a junior in high school and her life goes from normal to crazy. Her boyfriend is not a fan of her parents and he's very secretive which Halley can't figure out. Then she figures out that Scarlett is pregnant with a dead guys baby. Also he mom was always use to being clued into Halley’s life until Halley notices that its just not her anymore. The whole book is about the challenges Halley has to face and how she faces them. The book takes place in her neighborhood and her school. Even all of this puts stress on Halley’s shoulders, she still manages to keep herself steady. Junior year, Halley walks into PE class for the first time and notices Macon Faulkner. He’s the kind of guy that dates the popular girls, although Halley starts to gain a crush for him. They start talking and hanging out and things are good for Halley when all of the sudden, Macons best friend Michael dies in a car crash. He happened to be Scarlett's boyfriend. Later in the book Halley finds out that Scarlett is pregnant and the baby is Michael's. They have to face the fact that abortion is the best idea but does Scarlett take that chance? After Halley and Macon date for awhile, Macon is ready to do stuff but Halley isn't ready. This bothered Halley and makes her double think her thoughts on Macon. Will they stay together? The book goes on with the decisions everyone makes. I loved this book very much. Sarah Dessen did a great job writing it and making it very interesting but not to confusing. I was always on the edge of my seat while reading it. I would recommend this book for all teenagers that love drama and romance books because this book pulls you right into the plot. I would read more of her writing because it was very enjoying reading this book.
    • 5/5
      This book was so good because it had so much emotion, feelings and heartfelt moments. In the very beginning of the book, it explains how something tragic happens to Scarlett's boyfriend. Throughout the story, the friendship between Scarlett and her best friend Halley was so strong when they had to overcome a situation like this. In the end they realize that a true friend is a promise you keep forever. If you like romantic, drama and friendship novels then you'll love this book.  
    • 5/5
      This author just has a way with character development – she writes characters so that you come away feeling like you know them well, giving the reader a full and complete sense of each personality, from the father’s quirky behavior to the mother’s tried and true reactions, to Halley’s crush, Macon Faulkner, slipping candy into her pockets to his routine evasion of details of where he’s been and what he's been doing.I followed the story connecting easily to the unfolding drama of 15-turned-16 year-old Halley’s life: her bond with best friend, Scarlett, her discord with her mother, her need to strike out, and be her own person, her draw to bad boy Macon, and her anxieties about going all the way with him. Things progress with Macon, but she puts on the brakes as she considers if she wants to give away this important part of her to a boy who may or may not love her, and she, him. I felt torn along with Halley, her situation was all so tangible — the emotions and the feels. And, this is what I love most about Dessen’s books — her stories always feel so credible. Each story is crafted slowly and thoughtfully, putting important matters front and center, without feeling forced or contrived.I read this book in 3, short sittings and enjoyed it immensely. This Lullaby still remains my favorite book by Dessen, but “Someone Like You” comes in a close second.
    • 3/5
      This was a lovely book to have along on a vacation. The characters were distinct and believable, the dilemmas clear and true-to-life. I wanted more character development in the protagonist as well as the bad boy, though. The flaky mom character was fun. It's not a complex novel that will stay with me the way Dessen's The Truth About Forever will, but I liked it.
    • 5/5
      This book is in my top three favorites of books by Sarah Dessen! This story, following Halley and Scarlett, starts off with the heartbreaking news that Scarlett is pregnant with a baby whose dad recently died in a crash. This story focuses on the friendship between these two girls and how they have to grow to overcome their obstacles. These best friends have to deal with their very different mothers, mood swings, and high school all while supporting each other through the pregnancy.
    • 5/5
      A life story about a girls whos Best friend gets pregnant and the father of the baby has recently died in a motercycle crash. Falling in love with someone totally unexpected and learing what you want out of a relationship.
    • 5/5
      Someone like you is a book about two girls who are best friends, Scarlett and Halley. Scarlett was always the popular girl and Halley was just her best friend. Halley always thought Scarlett was perfect. But during the summer Scarlett met a boy named Michael and a day after Scarlett and Michael had a date, Michael gets killed in a motorcycle accident. Later on months passed and Scarlett found out she was pregnant with a dead mans baby. Scarlett's mother wants Scarlett to have an abortion but that isn't what Scarlett wants. Later on she decides to keep the baby and Halley is always by her side at this rate. Scarlett goes to prom and her water broke then so the whole prom ends up going to the Hospital to support Scarlett. I love Sarah Dessen's books. They are so inspirational to me. This is a big inspiration for teens who have kids early. I'm not going to become Scarlett trust me, but people who actually do become pregnant at 16, this is a book that could help you through it. Sarah Dessen is a really good author and when she writes books it seems like she's writing it based on someone she knows. It's so real! In this story there are some things i don't agree what they did, but it still is very interesting. After I read this book i was sad it was over and there wasn't a series to it. I think everyone should read this book!
    • 4/5
      Someone Like You by Sarah DessenPages: 281Release Date: August 15th, 1998Date Read: 2011, November 9th - 11thReceived: OwnRating: 4/5 starsRecommended to: 16+SUMMARY -The summer Halley turned sixteen, everything changed. When her best friend Scarlett calls her at camp, Halley knows something is wrong. Michael Sherwood, Scarlett's boyfriend, was hit in a motorcycle accident. He died instantly. And there is more to it - Scarlett is pregnant. Scarlett, the one who has always been strong enough for the both of them, now needs strength from Halley. And with her mother controlling everything and strange Macon Faulkner (Michael's best friend) pursuing her, how can she help her best friend the way she needs to?MY THOUGHTS -This being only my second Sarah Dessen book, I was unsure of how I'd like it. I mean, sure, it was going to be good in the sense of well-written, good characters, etc. That much can be expected. But on a personal level, how would I enjoy it?Well, it turns out that, on a personal level, I adore this book. It struck me because, not only is it redemptive, but the pregnancy part was so...sweet. The sweet that only exists in a mother toward her unborn child. It was truly beautiful!CHARACTER NOTES -I love it when characters do stupid things and you see them walking right into a trap - they get hit hard - and you still love them through it all. Halley, Scarlett, Marion, Julie - they are (almost) all like that. At one point or another, they all drove me to wishing I could rip my hair out, but even still I wanted to stick by them.Halley did some pretty dumb things, lemme tell you. But you have to learn somehow - and a lot of the time it's the hard way. The reason I respect Halley is because (A. Everyone makes mistakes; and (B. Her choices/attitude in the end were good and right and, might I add, just perfect for the story. She learned, and that's what matters. That's what I love.As much as Halley was a great MC and POV, Scarlett proved to be my favorite. She rocked this story with her personality and emotional draw. But especially, she made the incredibly wonderful decision to keep the baby, despite all odds and all opinions. (Not a spoiler, I promise.) The way she brightened people's days...the way she held true to speaking truth to Halley when her friend was struggling, made her a heroine in her own right.Oh, and Vlad the Impaler, sorry, Warrior was the BEST!STORY NOTES -Well, who knew contemporary fiction could be soooo freaking intense? Sheesh!! The whole time, it seems, I held my breath in anticipation, shock, awe, or happiness. So many emotions, so much going on.This story ranges from romance to passion to mistakes to anger to love to being young. It has a little something for everyone to take away from it. It will break your heart - make you cry - mend it again - still make you cry.And everything is as you would want in the end. Far from perfect, but beautiful in the imperfections. All my questions were answered, even things that I thought for sure there wasn't enough time to pull off. But there was, and it was beautiful.SUMMING IT UP -Real. Like the hard-core real that is life. I will most assuredly read more of Dessen's work - I look forward to it!For the parents -A few references to sex, and also condoms. Scarlett is sixteen and pregnant. Abortion is touched up on, but Scarlett does the amazing hard thing and keeps the baby. Quite a bit of kissing. Halley and Macon get very close to having sex one night, after he pressures her over the course of time. She starts to feel sick and breaks it off. The details in this 2-paged scene are more emotional, rather than physical, and how she shouldn't be here. Recommended 16+
    • 3/5
       I gave Someone Like You three stars because although characters and plot were fantastic, there wasn't any real good hook. The suspense in the end with Scarlet, really was the highlight of the book for me, and felt like is was cut off short. Rather the opposite with Macon though, I felt he dragged on too tong with Halley. She didn't seem like the type of girl who would be attracted by him. Someone Like You, although, will be kept close to heart by every teenage reader.
    • 5/5
      Halley and Scarlett have always been best friends since the day they met. Raised from two completely different backgrounds, these girls have helped each other through thick and thin. This year in no exception. At the end of the summer, Scarlett, as well as the rest of the community get rocked by a tragic motorcycle accident killing Scarlett’s boyfriend. She later finds out that she is carrying his baby, and her whole world starts crumbling down. While all of this is happening, Halley is fighting her own battles with her rebel boyfriend Macon, who influences her in negative ways. However, it’s Halley’s turn to be strong for Scarlett as she endures one of the toughest years in her life.The characters in this book are simply amazing. Sarah Dessan did a beautiful job creating the plot and incorporating the characters into it making it seem as though it truly did happen. Since the whole story line was very upbeat and exciting, it was easy for me to keep turning the pages until I got to the end. Her details are very realistic and vivid, making me feel as though I was there in person.Like so many of her books, Dessan sends yet another powerful message to her readers. In this book, through the characters’ struggles, she makes a point about how important friendships really are. When Halley is struggling between right and wrong with Macon, Scarlett was always there helping her along, even if Halley never listened to her. Same goes with Scarlett’s pregnancy and how Halley helped her through it all. The power of friendship played a prominent role in this book, and made it a very thought provoking novel.Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone. It is an enjoyable, light read that is sure to please many.
    • 4/5
      Halley and Scarlett have been best friends for most of their lives, with Halley being more shy and always reliant on Scarlett to be the strong one. But when Scarlett's boyfriend, Michael, is killed in a motorcycle accident, Halley has to be the strong one for Scarlett. This becomes even more difficult when Scarlett finds out she's pregnancy. While Halley strives to support her friend, she is also drawn into a relationship with Michael's best friend, Macon Faulkner.With this novel, I truly appreciated why Sarah Dessen is such a revered YA author. The issues she deals with including pregnancy, dating, and mother-daughter relationships are handled deftly and realistically. Halley, as the main character, is better developed than the other characters but the individuals that surround her do have sufficient depth and feel realistic. Halley's struggles with her issue of identity are highly believable as she tries to determine who she is, drawing away from her previously very close relationship with her mother and her developing relationship with Macon. In amongst all of these serious topics are bright slashes of humour and true caring between Halley and Scarlett that make the novel a worthwhile read.
    • 5/5
       Sarah Dessen has yet again grabbed and held my attention and has held it throughout, Someone Like You, a realistic fiction book based on two best friends, Halley and Scarlett, sticking together through thick and thin. Halley and Scarlett are in high school, but they have been best friends ever seen Scarlett moved in next door to Halley when they were younger. They are raised completely different. A therapist strict mother and a relaxed talk show host father are raising Halley. However Scarlett is taking the mother role in her house by watching and taking care of her single mother, Marion who smokes and drinks. Scarlett has always been there for Halley no matter what, from mending a broken heart to giving her positive support for school. This time is different though; it is Halley’s turn to be the supporter to Scarlett through her unexpected pregnancy with the father being dead. Along the way, Halley gets a bad boy boyfriend, Macon, who keeps her out too late and persuades her to do the wrong thing, which gets her into big trouble with her mother. Halley learns her way to tell the difference from what is right and wrong and to stick by her best friend side no matter what. I absolutely loved this book, from details to drama, grabbing my attention from all angles. This was a quick read fro me because it was a page-turner! I wanted to stay up late reading to find out what happens next. I wanted to find out if Scarlett would keep the baby or if Halley was going to stay with Macon even after being in trouble so many times. Not only wanting to find out what happens next made it a quick page-turner but also the details Sarah Dessen used. Throughout the entire book she had descriptive detail that made a fantastic love story playing in my head. I also felt like I was there with the characters observing and hearing everything! Sarah Dessen even teaches you a very important lesson through Halley and Scarlett’s experiences. She taught that you have to do whatever it takes to help and support your best friend. Even if it means that you have to become friends with someone who don’t like at the beginning or getting yelled at by your friend because you told her the truth. It is all worth it for a best friend, “Because a true friend is a promise forever.” It is a well descriptive love story that is a quick page tuner that you will instantly fall in love with.
    • 4/5
      This book is for older kids but a really good book and an excellent author. This is a coming of age story that has alot of adult issues. I read this when I was 16 and reread it to refresh my memory.
    • 4/5
      A very realistic book about relationships with family, friends, and peers. Sara Dessen hits every feeling, emotion, and actions right on with real life, especially as a teenager and with a first love. I loved the style of writing and the dialogue. I think the ending was great and everything else that happened in between fit perfectly. Great read!
    • 4/5
      I really liked this book, the characters were believable, the story was vexing, and the message was great. I recommend this book to any one that likes drama, highschool, and romance.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely adore this book. When I first started reading it, I was very skeptical. It had been recommended to me by a friend who just loved it. However I had read one of Sarah Dessen's other books before, and was most definitely not thrilled with it. I started the book reluctantly, mostly just to please a few people. In fact I was so reluctant to read it that I actually put it down for over a month. But when I picked it back up again, it was like an instant connection. I just knew that this would be a great book. And guess what? It was! Halley's character is such a realistic portrayal of a teenage girl. She is sweet, but not too sweet. She can be mean, but never wicked. She just fits perfectly into the story. And when she has to help Scarlett work through everything, it just makes her that much stronger. I fell in love with this book mostly because of the characters in it. Sarah Dessen's writing really brings them to life, and you feel so much for them that when you put the book down at the end, it feels as if you have just lost two of your best friends. Definitely an amazing read.
    • 5/5
      I have finished reading Someone Like You, and I thought it was one of the best books I've ever read. The book had a lot of things going on in it. A best friend of Hailie got pregnet in the book right after she figured out her boyfriend died. Hallie was also having a big falling out with her other best friend or also known as her mother. Hallie and her mother used to do everything together, but like most teens her and her mom didn't see eye to eye. I think many people can relate to this book because they love their parents, but its not always easy to get along with them. Another thing that goes on in this book is Hailie's first real boyfriend. She thinks she is in love, but she really isn't. She is in love with the attention she is getting from everyone. Every girl loves to be in the spot light. She gets to the point that she is willing to do anything for him, but her best friend notices this. Scarlette told her that, and at first Hailie didn't understand what Scarlette was trying to say. She thought she was being a hypocrite, but Scarlette was only telling Hailie this because she cares for her. Many people can relate to this. I have to tell people things I don't want to tell them because I love them. This book is very relatable, and thats why I think it is so good.
    • 4/5
      This book is about how Halley has to go through life with her friend Scarlett's boyfriend die, Scarlett having a baby, and Macon.
    • 3/5
      So today I picked up four different books, read three pages of each, and then put them all down in a huff. I HATE reading slumps. Nothing about the books I picked up seemed to interest me and that's how I get right before a particular brutal reading slump in which I can't read any book for days. What's the best way to curb a slump? Well, by picking up a Sarah Dessen novel, of course. Since Someone Like You is the only Sarah Dessen book I haven't read so far, it seemed like the obvious choice. I love Sarah Dessen's novels because they're just straight-forward, simple, sweet love stories (whether it be boy-girl love, sisterly love, friendship love, she's pretty much done it all) and her books are all comfort reads. While I've gone through various degrees of like with all her novels, I've never really disliked one. Someone Like You is no exception. While I didn't dislike the book as a whole, I really did dislike Halley (more so than Auden from Along for the Ride whom was the first Dessen protagonist I disliked). My main issue with Halley was that she was the kind of girl that would happily be known solely as someone's girlfriend; the type of girl who would happily ignore everything and everyone just for the guy. Also, the kind of girl who tries to hook a guy who is clearly not into her like she's into him. And that's one of my pet peeves in young-adult literature. I absolutely hate it when the girl is pathetic. Yeah, yeah, you can say "Well she's just a teenage girl in love and they're sometimes pathetic." I guess, but that doesn't mean I want to read about it because that's just not enjoyable for me. Halley did get better in the end, but by then I was just too annoyed with her as a whole. I also disliked her boyfriend in the book, but I think I was supposed to dislike him (which was a shock considering I usually fall right in love with the guys in Sarah Dessen's novels right along with the main characters), so I can give her a pass for that one. Now the good: I loved and adored Scarlett and her relationship with Halley. I'm an absolute sucker for a good friendship story. There's nothing I can do about it (not that I would want to). That's one thing that I can say about Halley. She never left Scarlett in the dust for the guy (well there was that one time, but that's okay since it fit with everything else about Halley). I also loved Halley's relationship with her mother. I was enthralled with her inner struggle to break away from her mother's boundaries yet feeling guilty about it. In fact, I could've read a book solely about Halley's relationship with Scarlett and her mom without feeling like I missed anything. Someone Like You was definitely not my favorite Dessen. I just really can't get pass an unlikeable heroine that I'm supposed to root for. However, I did like most of the novel and I adored the other characters. But most importantly, Someone Like You curbed my reading slump and just really assures me that when I feel one coming on, I need to grab a Sarah Dessen novel and quick! Then all will be right with the world.