Overview: Just Listen is about Annabel Greene, a girl who had everything. She has a modeling career, a good family, good grades, and cool friends. But it all went to pieces when Annabel spent the summer alone. Once beginning school she's ignored by her peers and harassed by her ex-friend Sophie. Not only dealing with that her family's dealing with her older sisters eating disorder, shes trying to forget the horrifying experience she had the school year before. She finds an unlikely friendship with the school loner Owen. He has problems with anger and has learned to control it and helps Annabel realize the dangers of holding her own emotions in.
Now I love to read a lot of books and this is one I did not expect to like. I have never been a big Sarah Dessen fan as my friend Brooke who loves her knows. Since were on Christmas break and I was bored out of my mind, I picked up this book that my friend lent me months ago, which was currently sitting in my closet untouched. I started reading and before I knew it I was on page 100. Dessen did a great job with wrapping me in. Maybe it's the theme or the insecurity's of the main character, but whatever it was, I was hooked. I read it in under two hours and found that this book really spoke to me. Not just on a 'this was a good book' level, but something more. Whether your a Sarah Dessen fan or not, this book happens to be well written and interesting. It has my vote :)
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