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Ive read all of her books and though i wouldnt say it was my absolute favorite, it was very good. Recomend to young girls who like a good romance story. Keeping the moon book daviess county public library. Lead character emaline is sexually active with her longtime boyfriend, seems to completely disregard her parents curfew with no consequences, and underage drinking is treated casually. Pdf someone like you keeping the moon flip book book by. We have some upcoming events all of which are cancelled due to covid19 precautions. The summer after her freshman year of high school, colie decided to visit her crazy aunt in a small town.
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Top 8 quotes from keeping the moon free book notes. Fifteenyearold colie is spending the summer with her eccentric aunt mira while her mother travels. She was in one of her flykiki workout suits, purple this time. When colie goes to spend the summer at the beach, she doesnt expect much. Keeping the moon was the last book i wrote while working at the flying burrito, and because of that it is thick in all of my best waitress stuff. Keeping the moon is the third book written by sarah dessen. Free download or read online someone like you keeping the moon flip book pdf epub book.
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After all, why would anyone in colby, north carolina, want to bother. Are keeping the moon and last chance both by sarah. The first edition of the novel was published in september 1st 1999, and was written by sarah dessen. Pdf keeping the moon book by sarah dessen free download. Welcome to the first day of the worst summer of my life. Her other books include someone like you and keeping the moon, both ala quick picks and school library journal best books of the year. She is the goddess of witchcraft, a guide along the path, and the universal keeper of the keys. While her mother, aerobics queen kiki sparks, spends the summer touring europe, 15yearold colie sparks is stuck in sleepy colby, north carolina. But since i love sarah dessen, i knew that if i stuck with it that it would get better. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 509 pages and is available in paperback format.
In chapter 5, after work one day, colie goes to the post office to pick up the mail. Parents need to know that the moon and more is a smart depiction of the emotional pushandpull that often marks the summer before a teen heads off to college. Former fat girl colie sparks arrives in her aunts small town physically fit but still bowed by memories of years of humiliation. Fifteenyearold colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric aunt mira, and trying to explore her sense of self. Someone like you keeping the moon flip book by sarah dessen. There is much to learn about hekate from the written records, but for a witch to truly know hekate, we need to. For your reference, we provided these keeping the moon quotes with page numbers using the following version of the book. Moon books invites you to begin or to deepen your own encounter, right here, right now. Then, after she lost weight, it was because of a reputation that she didnt deserve. The july installment of chloes book club stars keeping the moon, a seasideset story of selfacceptance, friendship and first love from sarah dessen. Keeping the moon is a book that makes you want to continue reading until the end to find out what happens.
Yet for some reason once i started reading it, i couldnt stop. Under the influence of eccentric aunt miras rocksteady selfassurance, witnessing a marvelously contentious. Colie, my mother said with a sigh as she walked down the train platform toward me. Keeping the moon begins at the train station, where nicole sparks is being shipped off to her eccentric aunt miras for the summer while her mom tours europe, promoting her tips for weight loss.
Druids, heathens, wiccans and others, all contribute their insights and literary riches to the pagan tradition. Keeping the moon read online free from your pc or mobile. Jan 28, 2010 this trailer is based on the book, keeping the moon by sarah dessen. And by the end of the book i was almost in tears with the transformation of colie. For one thing, her aunt mira is a sweet, laidback eccentric.
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