Just Listen
p.400
Puffin
ISBN-13: 978-0142410974
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
Summary:
What could be worse that being caught by all of your friends, with your best friend's boyfriend?
That is exactly what Annabel is asking. Gone is her popularity and her friends, she has accepted a self sentence of social exile, because she can never admit what really happened in that closet.
Annabelle is a nice girl. She is so nice that she is willing to do nearly anything for anyone to keep them happy, even if that means she has to suffer by being the doormat toher friends and family. Until one day when she is she and her best friend Sophie have a falling out and her world comes crashing down. Annabelle is shunned by nearlyeveryone, everyone except for Owen. Owen is a likeable guy who also happens to be a nut for alternative music, knows something isn’t right. As Annabelle begins to come more and more withdrawn and unwilling to speak up, the perfect life she once had is starting to crack at the seams. The only person willing to speak to her is Owen, but can she trust him?
Teens who love novels by author Laurie Halse Anderson will instantly be drawn into the drama that is Just Listen. Beautifully written, this novel will leave you haunted by hungry for more.
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