Their eldest sister Kristen is in New York City and going to school after having quit modeling.Īs time progresses, Annabel becomes less isolated when she starts talking to Owen, who is truly obsessed with music and has a show at the local radio station. Annabel's sister Whitney is staying at home with them because she's going through treatment for her eating disorder, and her mother is overbearingly involved in her modeling life (even though modeling isn't what Annabel wants to do). He's always listening to music on his headphones, so it's not like they ever even talk.Īt home things aren't much better. Annabel is pretty much ostracized at school and spends her lunches sitting on the same wall as a boy named Owen Armstrong, who's a loner because it's rumored that he's been arrested for fights. That's because she's had a falling out with her best friend Sophie, a total mean girl who's popular and has a hot boyfriend.Īs soon as Annabel gets into the school parking lot, it's clear that her fears weren't unfounded-Sophie immediately walks by and spits some rude insults at her. It sounds fun to read.When Just Listen opens up, we are told that our narrator-teenage model Annabel Greene-isn't looking forward to her junior year of high school. It seems like a neat story line, how two people old and young work together to achieve their dreams. The story line in it seems like it would be a good book.Įmilie's Novel: Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen. I would be interested in reading this book. It seems very interessting to me, but at the same time i don't know if i want to read a bout a girl you got raped and then chopped into a million pieces.

Halee's Novel: The Lovely Bones. I am unsure if i would or would not read this book. I highly recommend to read it-mostly teenage girls- because i'm sure you will enjoy it. Sarah Dessen (the author) made this novel very realistic and easy to see that this story could be in real life. It's unbelievable all the stuff she went through, and to think that it actually happens to people, today, is upsetting. So many crazy situations happened in this novel that actually happen to girls everyday. It had a really neat story line, that was easy to follow and kept you trying to guess what would happen next.

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