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| Keeping the Moon (reissue) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  177 reviews
Sales Rank: 3740
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0142401765
EAN: 9780142401767
ASIN: 0142401765
Publication Date: May 11, 2004
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Product Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner&150teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.
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 Appreciate yourself! August 14, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Coli (short for Nicole) has a famous mother, who showed women around the country that they can be determined to get fit. Now Colie has lost weight just like her mother, but she still doesn't seem to fit in with other people. Now her mother is touring in Europe, and Colie has to stay in North Carolina with her Aunt Mira.
Then, out of the blue, she ends up with a job at the "Last Chance Bar and Grill". Colie still lacks confidence, especially after running into some classmates who still tease her and spread hurtful rumors. But with the help of fellow waitresses Isabel and Morgan, she finds a part of her she can really love and appreciate. She has true friends here, not to mention a boy who she never expected to be with.
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:) This novel brought me lots of smiles. You know, it really did make me think twice about how well I appreciate myself. Girls today don't always have that great of an outlook on themselves, but this book has opened my eyes. I hope it can do the same for others as well.
 Not her best book, and hopefully her worst June 22, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
After I finished reading this book, I found I really didn't like it. The narrator is kind of boring and whiney. The secondary characters however, are a lot stronger than the main character. Isabel, the pretty waitress, is one of Sarah Dessen's best characters ever. She has great lines, a great personality, and is really well drawn. You could picture her character as a real person; she isn't cliched.
The story, especially for a Sarah Dessen novel, is extremely ordinary and obvious. It's been done ten thousand times over. I like Sarah Dessen's books because most of the time they have unusual storylines. This one is just the typical "former fat girl has low self-esteem but learns that loving who you are is true beauty" plot. It also had the typical "father and son don't get along because the son won't go into the family business" storyline with Norman. This book might still have had a chance to be saved if not for the extremely predictable ending where Colie realizes she's fallen for Norman.
The best part of this book is the "Chick Night". It has great descriptions and is really fun and believable (aside from the cheesy part where they dance around singing "I Will Survive").
Sarah Dessen became my favorite author because she didn't write typical young adult books like this one. She favors an unusual story and memorable characters, and writes great depictions. This book, however, while it has awesome description, is strongly lacking in the other areas.
Read this book!! May 9, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is about 15 year old Nicole Sparks who is forced to stay with her overly obese aunt while her mother,Kiki Sparks,is on a business trip.Shortly after hearing this news,she decides that her summer is ruined but, after an encounter with an artistic hippie,old bullies,a new crush,and two psychotic best friends...her summer just might might end with a bang!Through this heart-capturing novel Nicole's story shows that great friends can be found in strange places.
This book was so good,I never put it down!I will admit it is a bit crazy but ,thats what makes it so wonderful to read!You feel as though your your actually in Nicole's shoes through the whole story.Basically what I'm saying is if you like to read strange,funny,and dramatic stories.."Keeping the Moon" is perfect for you!
Keeping the Moon June 4, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I loved this book! I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read. Keeping the Moon really makes you think about life. I enjoyed reading about Colie and her fitness trainer mom,Kiki Sparks.I also like reading about her Aunt Mira and her new friends that she made. They are Isabel, Morgan, and Norman. The characters seem so real. I think that teeneagers especially would like it because it has to do with a teenage girl and her life at school, and with other people. This book tells you all the hard times that she went through and how she kept going even though she didn't think she could. I'm sure that most people can relate to this book in a certain way. I really liked this book and I'd definitely read it again!
Fantastic! March 28, 2002
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Keeping the Moon, by Sarah Dessen, is one of the best books I have ever read. It tells the story of Colie Sparks, a fifteen year old "former fat girl" who is the daughter of world-famous Kiki Sparks, a fitness trainer and weight-loss inspirationist. Keeping the Moon chronicles a summer in Colie's life- the summer that Colie spends in Colby, North Carolina with her eccentric Aunt Mira. Along the way, Colie meets characters like Morgan and Isabel, two twenty-something waitresses who befriend her and help her through the summer, and Norman, the cook and art student who lives downstairs.But Keeping the Moon is more than just the ordinary chronicle of a teenage summer. It's not all fluffy and romantic. It's inspirational. During the summer, the character of Colie completely changes and matures. It tells of her becoming beautiful, of her understanding Mira, Norman, Isabel, Morgan, and herself. I absolutely loved this book, and it's reccommended to everyone!
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