Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen
Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen
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Along for the Ride

Author: Sarah Dessen

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2009

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of Once and For All comes a story of a summer filled with new family dynamics and unexpected connections.

“Beautifully captures that sense of summer as a golden threshold between past regrets and future unknowns.”—The Washington Post

“As with all Dessen’s books, [this] is a must-have”—VOYA, starred review

Nights have always been Auden’s time, her chance to escape everything that’s going on around her.

Then she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac, and he becomes her nocturnal tour guide.

Now, with an endless supply of summer nights between them, almost anything can happen. . . .

About The Author

Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association. Sarah lives in North Carolina with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl

Even more than John Green, Sarah Dessen repeats the same plot elements over and over again: 1. ONE SUMMER, 2. AN OLDER TEENAGE GIRL WHO IS REPRESSED IN SOME WAY -- family secrets, personal secrets, others' expectations, her own cynicism or need for control 3. MEETS A WACKY GROUP OF PEOPLE -- long-dist......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

Reading Sarah Dessen is like walking into an air-conditioned store after a hot, humid day in the sun. Reading Sarah Dessen is also like drinking an ice-cold smoothie after a long, harsh marathon. And finally, reading Sarah Dessen is like eating comfort food: you always know what you're going to get,......more

Goodreads review by jessica

the thing that i love most about sarah dessen novels is the effortlessness and ease in which i am transported to a younger time, a carefree time. when adult worries are forgotten and young love is all that matters. sigh. however, i have come to notice that SD novels are very formulaic. i mean, i get......more

Goodreads review by Ali

3.5 stars! This book was super cute and I loved how it was half romance and half coming of age/slice of life. The reason I gave 3.5 stars is because I felt like it moved a bit slow at parts. If the book was like 100 pages shorter I think it would be a 4 or 4.5 star read. Perfect summer read though!......more

Goodreads review by the burning dreamer.

And the award for my most vanilla book of 2016 goes to... I think I get it now. The whole appeal with Sarah Dessen and the million or so romance books she's churned; she's no Stephanie Perkins but reading her work is just so easy. Or at least this one was, my first one yet. But more than easy, it was......more

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"Beautifully captures that sense of summer as a golden threshold between past regrets and future unknowns."—The Washington Post

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