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//Just Listen// by Sarah Dessen []
//Just Listen// is about a girl named Annabel Greene who appears to have everything together and has the perfect life. That appearence is only when she is modeling when she comes home she feels lost and alone. She lost her best friend over the summer because she never solved or came clean about the issue that forced them apart. Annabel never says what she thinks or feels she has kept everything inside and runs from her problems like a scared cat. She feels like she can not talk to anyone about what has happened because her mom had been through depression. Annabel thinks that she can not bring her problems to her mom beacuse it might send her back into depression. Their family already has enough to worry about with Annabel's sister Whitney who was recently discovered by their other sister Kirstin to have an eating disorder.Annabel does not want her mom worrying about her because she does not think her problem is big enough. When school starts Annabel has no friends at all beacause of the incident that happened over the summer. Over the few weeks school is in she meets a boy named Owen Armstrong. Owen is big into music and does not care what people thinkl of him. He is kind of a loner and loves music. He thinks music is a way out for him,to help him escape his parents divorce. Owen and Annabel start eating lunch together and then start hanging out. Owen teaches Anndbel to speak her mind and give her opinion on things. He introduces her to music and the thing she hates most confrontation slowly he helps her to face her problem that has been eating her alive. It takes her a good while until she finally understands that Owen is right and an opportunity comes up to where she finally faces her worst nightmare

My Response: I really liked this book because some of the things that Annabel feels during her struggles are what I know a lot of girls can relate to. Most girls do not like confrontation and just want things to blow over or to never happen so they can move on with their lives but Annabel shows that sometimes the things that she wants most to blow over will never go away unless she faces them and comes to terms with the situation. Annabel like most of us should learns that it is good to speak your mind and give opinion it makes for better conversation and makes life interesting. This book was a good read and went by very quickly. It showed insight on what could happen to any girl if put in the right situation and it taught that you can not keep everything bottle inside for that just makes things worse.