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back Hyein Won Shannon Rodenberg __Keeping the Moon__ by Sarah Dessen 228pgs // Drama  Most authors try and create a unique title to their novels. Keeping the Moon, written by Sarah Dessen, has become part of a popular young adult literature collection. It's a drama composed of compelling thoughts that race through a teenage girls mind almost daily. The book consists of hidden lessons and values that should be known and instilled with hope in a young woman or girls mind."For once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world." - Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)

Sarah Dessen's books tend to describe lives of young girls who are preparing to face the world. The main character (that we know of without reading the book) is Colie; a teen girl in high school just like ourselves. We expect to see ourselves through Colie and find our true identity while reading Colie’s story; her tale of finding where she belongs in this mixed up world. People say, just like a story, there are three sides to every person; how you see the person, how the person sees themselves, and the true side. With looking through the different eyes of characters in Keeping the Moon, we will discover the three sides to the human life; a connection not many people make in reality.

When it is possible to relate to any story or book, it becomes apparent, the reader doesn't want to put it down; wishing there were pages never ending. Sarah Dessen is a poised writer who knows how to connect through young adult females at heart. She speaks about important issues in society such as acceptance and power of a young girl through her characters.

The story within Keeping the Moon, portrays a struggling girl; someone who doesn't come across as a role model to young girls despite the character being the same age. But it still has some morals in it. BLHE a good reads reviewer, counter-acted the ugly portrayal of Colie because she said “I learned that nobody really failed on anything. Because failing means you've tried, and that's already an accomplishment on its own. It means you've started, you've taken one step already. And it teaches us to believe that everything will turn out right eventually, because when somebody's keeping the moon, sooner or later it will surely appear again in the sky, bright and full of hope.”

This book contains the story of a young girl destined to fit in somewhere. Kristin, a good-reads book reviewer, explains her thoughts of this book as “a connection to the ugly duckling.” It's heart breaking when someone is an outcast, not because of their personality, but their looks. No body is perfect, and Colie soon discovers that being perfect is a waste of time. If life were perfect, there wouldn't be those crazy moments we all live for. Some people believe that life is pre-destined... that our paths are chosen before birth... but despite our life planned to the “T” we still have no idea what is around the corner... and neither does Colie. Within the book, as Colie does, we expect to understand her pain, learn how to overcome a difficult situation and consider our future.

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