About this title: Always an outcast, Colie expects the worst when she is sent to spend the summer with her eccentric aunt, Mira. Yet when she lands a job at the Last Chance Cafe, she meets two new friends who help Colie see herself in a new way.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Speak
Date Published: 2004-05-11
ISBN-13:9780142401767ISBN:0142401765
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Date Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-13:9780670885497ISBN:0670885495
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780141310077ISBN:0141310073
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Speak
Date Published: 2004-05-11
ISBN-13:9780142401767ISBN:0142401765
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Date Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-13:9780670885497ISBN:0670885495
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Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780670885497ISBN:0670885495
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780142401767ISBN:0142401765
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"These books have the fugliest covers (well the ones at the public library I work at do). I feel weird reading them in front of other people, is that shallow? Am I shallow for not wanting people to judge me by the cover of the book I am reading? Anyway, this book was okay. It has an interesting setting and some interesting characters but it also had a lot of clichés. It kindof annoys me that in this sort of YA they make a big deal about being accepting of peoples appearance etc but then, all the fat people are eccentric, all the weirdos have troubled pasts and the beautiful girl only has confidence after she has her eyebrows tweezed. Annoying."
"Keeping the Moon, by Sarah Dessen, is an amazing book about a 15 year old girl named Colie who struggles with self confidence after having lost a ton of weight, and has just been sent to spend the summer with an aunt that she never knew she had. When Colie first arrives at the house, she is sure that her aunt is probably insane, and that she is going to have an absolutely horrible and boring summer. Then one day as she is walking around town, and she comes across The Last Chance Bar and Grill, and there she meets two girls named Morgan and Isabel. After getting to know them, they girls suggest that she work at the restaurant with them for the summer. She agrees, and after that hew summer starts to become more enjoyable and exciting. While she is there, she also meets a boy who teaches her many wonderful things about art and about life as well. I really liked this book because I was really able to relate to the characters, and all the characters were very colorful. I would recommend this book to girls who like realistic fiction and books about friendship. Keeping the Moon was a truly wonderful book."
"This book was an enjoyable read with likeable characters. The story has a good moral (have confidence, stand up for yourself), but it wasn't anything original.
This was the best Sarah Dessen novel I have read so far, but that's not saying much since I haven't been a big fan of her books. I did like that this one did not glorify teenage drinking and smoking. I'm assuming Sarah Dessen is trying to "identify" with teen readers by including these things in some of her novels, but really, it just sets a poor example. Even when her characters end up with some sort of consequence as a result of these substances, I don't feel like it rectifies all the attention they receive. Anyway, this one wasn't too bad."
"I felt this book was a bit uneven, and my reaction to it was also somewhat uneven. This time, the protagonist, Colie, is a young teenage girl sent to live with her eccentric aunt in small-town North Carolina for the summer while her mother tours Europe promoting her weight-loss materials. She lands a job at a diner and makes friends with two girls (best friends with each other), and gets to know a mysterious hippie boy who lives with her aunt and works at the diner. She faces her own insecurities and traumas stemming from being obese as a younger child.
In comparison with other Dessen novels, I would note that the mother-daughter relationship is of somewhat lesser prominence here and the self-discovery angle is emphasized. I thought the eccentric aunt was very charming and her carefree ability to cheerfully let others' disapproval, whispering, and so forth roll off her back was admirable, as was her heartfelt desire to find the purpose in things and people and cultivate their utility (all the half-working things in her house, labeled with their quirks). I thought that was an interesting touch, taking Dessen's fondness for emphasizing certain expressions by capitalizing them to a logical extreme.
The relationship between the best friends, Isabel and Morgan, was suitably interesting, with each one bringing certain strengths and vulnerabilities to it.
The part of the book that I found myself most underwhelmed by was the story arc with Norman. In contrast to my reaction to That Summer, where I vaguely yearned for more to happen with the relationship there, I somehow felt like the gradually budding relationship with Norman was a bit forced and artificial, as if it were obligatorily tacked on to the plot. I particularly felt like the central revelatory scene where she finally "gets pretty", talks with a cute boy, and then her best friends suddenly warn her not to turn into a bitch and to give Norman a chance felt rushed and a bit cliche. In contrast to the smoldering sparks between the protagonists in The Truth About Forever, I just couldn't quite sense any chemistry between Colie and Norman.
I liked the weight loss aphorisms, like the emptiness of "Stuffin' for Nothin'". I should probably keep them in mind as I voraciously munch on these potato chips that I had been trying rather mightily to keep at bay recently.
All in all, an interesting book with a lot of fun points in it, but unlike some of Dessen's other books, I got the distinct feeling I was reading a YA novel. I'd go for 3 1/2 stars."
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