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Keeping the moon

Keeping the moon

by Sarah Dessen

1999FictionAuntsWeight controlUpside-down booksRestaurants
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First lines

My name is Nicole Sparks.

About this book

Fifteen-year-old 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.

Themes & subjects

FictionAuntsWeight controlUpside-down booksRestaurantsSelf-esteem
First published 1999

About the author

Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen

6 June 1970

Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews. Her books have been published in over thirty countries and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for outstanding contribution to young adult literature for her novels: Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, This Lullaby, The Truth about Forever, Just Listen, Along for the Ride, and What Happened to Goodbye. Her newest novel, The Rest of the Story, was released in June 2019. An NC native, she currently lives in Chapel Hill with her family. https://sarahdesse…

Author

Sarah Dessen

First published

1999

Pages

228

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Viking

ISBN

9781417626755

Where to buy

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