Established contemporary American writer, Sarah Dessen, perhaps one of the most well branded young adult literature authors, has written over 10 successful best-selling novels. Novels such as What Happened to Goodbye, Along for the Ride, and Lock and Key have sparked the lives of many individuals all over the world.
The world introduced the future adored author on June 6, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois. She grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she eventually attended UNC – Chapel Hill where she would study Creative Writing and graduated with a degree in English with highest honors. Both of her parents are professors at UNC and are very enthusiastic readers. Perhaps this is where Mrs. Dessen developed her passion for books. Even in her …show more content…
In her doing so, she was able to she would spend her entire day working on her writing career and then going to work at night. Although very stressful, Dessen worked hard for what she wanted no matter what difficult task stood in her way.
Sarah Dessen’s main topic of interest is about issues that most every teen faces on a daily basis. For example, in the novel Lock and Key, Ruby is uninhibited by her mom, and gains a whole new life after being unified with her long lost sister. That is just one of the many examples of the topics Dessen writes about. Here is a list of all of the books that Sarah Dessen has written throughout her …show more content…
This book is a perfect example of how to write great, natural dialogue, fleshed-out characters and relationships. Quotes “when faced with the scariest of things, all you want to do is turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can’t. That’s why it’s not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us as well” and “I’d done the right thing. I always did. It just would’ve been nice if someone had noticed” support natural dialogue, fleshed-out characters and relationships perfectly. The two quotes from the book both explain that us as individuals should be noticed for most or even all of the things we do right. Most of Mrs. Dessen’s novels coincide with the change in youth’s personality as they go through any kind of loss. The regular themes that she uses concur with her novels conciliate isolation, emotional aloofness amongst families and an attempt to change other individual’s personalities. A few of the novels that include these themes are Lock and Key, which was written in 2008, Keeping the Moon, written in 1999, Along for the ride, written is 2009, and The Prettiest Girl, written in 2014. All of these novels portray the experience of loss and tragedy, and the feeling of remorse and
The world introduced the future adored author on June 6, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois. She grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she eventually attended UNC – Chapel Hill where she would study Creative Writing and graduated with a degree in English with highest honors. Both of her parents are professors at UNC and are very enthusiastic readers. Perhaps this is where Mrs. Dessen developed her passion for books. Even in her …show more content…
In her doing so, she was able to she would spend her entire day working on her writing career and then going to work at night. Although very stressful, Dessen worked hard for what she wanted no matter what difficult task stood in her way.
Sarah Dessen’s main topic of interest is about issues that most every teen faces on a daily basis. For example, in the novel Lock and Key, Ruby is uninhibited by her mom, and gains a whole new life after being unified with her long lost sister. That is just one of the many examples of the topics Dessen writes about. Here is a list of all of the books that Sarah Dessen has written throughout her …show more content…
This book is a perfect example of how to write great, natural dialogue, fleshed-out characters and relationships. Quotes “when faced with the scariest of things, all you want to do is turn away, hide in your own invisible place. But you can’t. That’s why it’s not only important for us to be seen, but to have someone to look for us as well” and “I’d done the right thing. I always did. It just would’ve been nice if someone had noticed” support natural dialogue, fleshed-out characters and relationships perfectly. The two quotes from the book both explain that us as individuals should be noticed for most or even all of the things we do right. Most of Mrs. Dessen’s novels coincide with the change in youth’s personality as they go through any kind of loss. The regular themes that she uses concur with her novels conciliate isolation, emotional aloofness amongst families and an attempt to change other individual’s personalities. A few of the novels that include these themes are Lock and Key, which was written in 2008, Keeping the Moon, written in 1999, Along for the ride, written is 2009, and The Prettiest Girl, written in 2014. All of these novels portray the experience of loss and tragedy, and the feeling of remorse and