Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever is a story about a girl named Macy Queen who is devastated after her father dies. She recently finished eleventh grade, she is quiet and doesn't like to socialize. After her father's death Macy encountered a good way to keep herself occupied; she spends her nights studying for her SAT. Macy's mom Deborah Queen is a hard working person (business woman who sells houses) who barely pays attention to her daughters Macy and Caroline.

It is summer and Macy's boyfriend Jason, goes away to Brian Camp and leaves her to do his library job. Jason and Macy quickly go "on a break", so Macy goes out to find the Wish Catering Crew, a catering company she met at one of her mother's fundraisers. Here she meets many new people: loving Kristy; quiet Monica, kind Delia; sweet, and sometimes weird, Bert; and Wes. Wes is the one who shows Macy who she can be and helps her get past her father's death and also shows her how without trying to be perfect she can still be the person she wants to be. Meeting Wes changed Macy's life, she started to express her feelings and show the outside world that she wasn't the girl who had been present when her father died, and hadn't done anything.

By the time Jason comes back home, he finds out that Macy has found true love with Wes. Wes is totaly the opposite of Jason (except that he is also talented) he doesn't ask for perfection or "a list."

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