This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

This Lullaby

Sarah Dessen

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 8, 2004

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All She’s got it all figured out.

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Who it’s for
A guarded approach to love meets the inconvenient charm of a musician in this teen romance.
Themes
Romance, Relationship rules
Genres
Contemporary YA Romance, Music Stories for Teens, Coming of Age

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About this book

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All She’s got it all figured out. Or does she? When it comes to relationships, Remy’s got a whole set of rules. Never get too serious. Never let him break your heart. And never, ever date a musician. But then Remy meets Dexter, and the rules don’t seem to apply anymore. Could it be that she’s starting to understand what all those love songs are about?

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“Remy and Dexter jump off the pages into the hearts of readers, who will wish for a romance like this of their own.” —Booklist Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All

Rules, Then Romance

A guarded approach to love meets the inconvenient charm of a musician in this teen romance.

Come here for

  • A heroine with firm rules about relationships
  • Romance complicated by one very specific exception

Expect

  • A teen love story centered on letting your rules be questioned
  • Music woven into the romance’s central tension

Where it sits

Contemporary YA Romance92%
Music Stories for Teens84%
Coming of Age40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Stories About Parents
  • Music Stories for Teens
  • YA Romance
Authors
Sarah Dessen
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
March 8, 2004
Format
Paperback
Theme
Romance · Relationship rules
Reading lane
YA Stories About Parents