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This Lullaby
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Sarah Dessen
Manufacturer: Viking Juvenile
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Average Rating: 4.5
Total Customer Reviews: 211
List Price: $16.99
Our Price: $12.74
Sales Rank: 447007
Product Description
Remy always knows the perfect time to give a boyfriend "The Speech" telling him it's over-after the initial romantic whirl, but before the reality of an actual relationship hits. Her friends tease that her boyfriend tally is nearing the triple digit mark, but she's a girl who knows just how to avoid any messy emotional entanglement. After all, she's had the example of her five-times-married mother to show her what not to do.
So what, then, is it about Dexter that makes it so hard for her to follow her own rules? He's everything she hates: messy, disorganized, much too vulnerable, impulsive, and worst of all, a musician like her father: the father Remy never knew, the father who wrote a famous song for her, the father who disappeared from her life.
Sarah Dessen's most captivating novel yet introduces readers to a girl who believes her heart is made of stone-and the boy who proves her wrong.
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Product Review Summary: sounds sweet, but has depth Much like the lullaby of the title is a typical over-played sappy song, Remy's story begins as a typical teen story (girl with messed-up family struggles to come to terms with love). However, both have the makings of something deeper and more meaningful in the hands where they eventually fall. Remy doesn't know what to think of the singer/songwriter father who died before she met him. She knows exactly what to think of her artsy-flighty mom, at least until a new marriage begins to change her. She used to know what to think of her brother until his girlfriend started teaching him to wear shirts with collars and *iron them*! Her gal pals all have comfortable roles in their friendship and she knows what they expect from her. But as high school ends, things are changing. Relationships end both as expected and unexpectedly, so new opportunities open. Should you take a chance on a feeling that flashes through you in a second? Should you stand by the logic you've spent years developing? What happens if neither choice leaves you happy?
This outshines some of Dessen's other teen stories and has the courage to give readers an unconventional ending. As an adult reader, it's 4 or 4.5 stars for me, but the teens in my classes think it is much more of a 5 (or, according to one, a 6!) This is a good shelf selection for grades 8-12. Although Remy has been a wild child and continues to use her fake ID to purchase drinks, she is changing, so the book isn't likely to bother parents too much.
Product Review Summary: MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK I think this book is sooo powerful and fun! I LOVED it.. i re-read it at least once a year. On like page 11 when she first meets Dexter.. i laugh every time. This is the book that made me fall in love with Sarah Dessen's books! :) She is a amazing author and write more meaningful book.. not just about the perfect girl and the perfect boy getting together. i highly suggest you read this. you will LOVE IT! :)
Product Review Summary: Best book Carrie Eshleman Block 3
"People weren't meant to be together forever..." would be a good way to describe how Remy, a high school girl, feels about love. After watching her mom go through four marriages and on her fifth one, who could blame her. Plus her dad left when she was a little girl. She hasn't had the best examples of love working and people staying together. So that's why she barely stays in relationships longer than a month. However, she never seems to not have a boyfriend. When she does have a boyfriend, she makes sure that she doesn't get too close so she doesn't get her heartbroken, like her mom. Then she meets this boy, Dexter, who she ends up falling in love with. I think you should this book just because it's one of those books where you actually can feel what the character is going through. This book kept me very interested. I never wanted to put it down. From personal experience, I knew what the character was going through, so I could relate throughout the whole book. I think this book is more for the relationship people. If you've gone through heartbreak, you'll know what Remy is going through, so I think that would help when reading this book. This book is definitely more for girls. It gets pretty emotional at some parts. Personally, I ended up crying, I related to Remy that much. I really think you should read this book, especially if you like the relationship books. This is one of my all-time favorite books.
Product Review Summary: First score for Dessen! This is the first book I read written by Sarah Dessen, and I'll admit that I'm impressed. This Lullaby has a well-written plot - Remy Starr is a girl that's going off to Stanford when summer ends. She's had seemingly endless boyfriends that were all dumped. This is when Dexter comes along and completely changes her point of view. He's a musician, a first fault since Remy's father was a musician before he died of a heart attack when she was hardly three.
I loved this book to a point that I almost didn't want to go to sleep if it meant putting it down. First thing in the morning - pick it up and read. Go and get this book, because in my opinion all teenage girls will love This Lullaby...
Product Review Summary: Loved it!! I personally love all of Sarah Dessen's novels and I think she is just a brilliant author. It's one of those books that all teenage girls can relate to, they're so real. It does an amazing job at keeping the reader's attention, with her original tale, fresh character's, and if you're a Dessen fan, you'll notice the little things from all of the other books. It has its moments where it will make you laugh and smile. I abs love Dexter! He's just so dreamy and real. I love these type of books where you can really relate to all of the characters. It really is an awesome book. Overall I give this book 4.5 out of 5 paws.
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