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Ashley HuPeriod 4/5

//__ The Truth about Forever __//

Title: The Truth about Forever Author: Sarah Dessen Genre: Young Adult Fiction Length of Book: 374 pages Recommendation Level: 7th to 10th Year published: 2004

Macy, the main character, is a girl who tries to be perfect. She is still struggling to continue her life after she saw her father die. Macy lives with her mom, Deborah, and her sister Caroline. Its summertime and her “perfect” boyfriend Jason is leaving for Brain Camp. Macy is taking over his job at the information desk at the library to pass the time. Soon Macy’s life is about to become a surprise everyday. She takes on a job at Wish, a catering company. Macy soon becomes very good friends with her co-workers, especially a boy named, Wes. Caroline is working on a project for redecorating their beach house. This unravels a lot of memories about their dad. Through this adventure she starts coming out of her shell and starts living her life again.

In the beginning of the story Macy is trying to be perfect. Macy starts to loosen up as the story goes on and starts having more fun. Wes is an artist and he learned how to weld in reform. Caroline is Macy’s sister. Whenever she was young she acted wild and went out every night. In her college years she entered as an art major and she fell in love with a lawyer. Pretty soon, she married him. Through out the story Macy grows and she starts gaining her personality back before her dad died.

I liked this book very much because it gives flashbacks throughout the story about her life before the plot took place. This book also gives suspence about what is going to happen next. The story also talks about what the characters go through and how they handle it.

I would recommend this book to people with ages 13 to 16 because it have some strong vocabulary, and it also talks about jail. This would also be a good book for people who recently had someone they really cared about die. Some more books by Sarah Dessen is __//Along the Ride//__//, __Lock and Key__, __Just Listen__, and __The Lullaby__// I would give this book a 9.5 out of ten and I really enjoyed reading this book.