![]() She does this with the help of a boy, of course, and another outsider girl - both of whom avoid the usual clichés for such characters. Three years of switching home bases so frequently have only added to Mclean’s hesitation to trust. Mclean was a “normal girl in a normal town” until her parents divorced in a scandalous breakup prompted by her mother, who fell for a famous basketball coach and promptly gave birth to twins.Ĭustody arrangements placed Mclean with her father, a consultant for a restaurant conglomerate who hops around the South, settling into towns for no more than a few months at a time as he works to turn around troubled eateries. With her 10th novel, “What Happened to Goodbye,” Dessen continues to mine the teen psyche, following high schooler Mclean Sweet from town to town with her father. Her bestselling coming-of-age novels are warmly written explorations of teens in transition that are, by turns, questioning, humorous and hopeful. ![]() Sarah Dessen is something of a rock star in young adult fiction. ![]()
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