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About Sarah Dessen
American novelist, young adult fiction
Sarah Dessen is an American novelist known for young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, appeared in 1996. She has published more than a dozen other novels and novellas, and 221 quotes on this site are attributed to her. Her work centers on stories for young readers, and in 2017 she received the Margaret Edwards Award for part of that body of work. Two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.
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- “I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”Sarah Dessen
- “What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the on…”Sarah Dessen
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- “Too many children lose ground academically over the summer months.”Kay Ivey
- “Well, Italy is huge for me. I've been going back every summer, not just to see my family, but play with the I…”Danilo Gallinari
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- “Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel…”Lillian Hellman
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Books by Sarah Dessen
That Summer
1996
Someone Like You
1998
Lock and Key
2008
This Lullaby
2002
Along for the ride
2009