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Book Review By Emma McNulty
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

   This book is about a teenager named Halley.She is quiet and sweet, with an overbearing mother. She drifted away from her mother suddenly. Her best friend is an out going red head called Scarlett who at the beginning of the summer met the love of her life (Micheal). Unfortunately the day after they got it on he died in a tragic accident.
   Then Scarlett found out she was pregnant at the same time as Halley started to fall for Micheals best friend, Macon. Macon is a typical bad boy but Halley is convinced she can tame him.
   When Scarlett eventually tells her mum about her pregnancy, her mom freaks out.She wants to force Scarlett to have an abortion but Scarlett really doesn't want to, when she goes to have the abortion she can't go through with it and calls Halley to come pick her up.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Loving/sexing? - bun/oven

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
United States Yes

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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