The Rest of the Story
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Rest of the Story
By (Author) Sarah Dessen
HarperCollins Publishers
Harper Fire
4th June 2019
4th June 2019
United Kingdom
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
448
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
310g
Description
From number one New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasnt seen since she was a little girl and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.
Emma Saylor doesnt remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever.
Now its just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable . . . until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mothers family her grandmother and cousins she hasnt seen since she was a little girl.
When Emma arrives at the Lake, and spends more time with her mothers side of the family, she starts to feel like she is two different people . To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.
Then theres Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her familys history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. Its hard not to get caught up in the magic of the Lake and Saylor finds herself falling under Roos spell as well.
But when its finally time to go back home, which side of Emma Saylor will win
Author Bio
Sarah Dessenis the #1 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 is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for outstanding contribution to young adult literature for her novels:Keeping the Moon,Dreamland,This Lullaby,The Truth about Forever,Just Listen,Along for the Ride, andWhat Happened to Goodbye. An North Carolina native, she currently lives in Chapel Hill with her family. She can be found online at https://sarahdessen.com/.
