The only person remotely close to her outside is a boy named Owen Armstrong who is engrossed in his music and does not pay any attention to her. She is alone and left to sit outside without any friends to talk to at lunch. It is obvious something has happened between the two, but it takes a while in the story before we are given the reason for the strained relationship. Emily, another friend in their group is with Sophia, clearly choosing her side instead. Sophia, her best friend for four years shows up at her car door and mouths off some strong language about Annabel. Just Listen begins at the beginning of a new school year in-which we quickly learn that Annabel is no longer welcomed in her group of friends. However, Annabel’s reality could not be further from this perceived perfection. The story line follows a seventeen year old girl named Annabel Greene who is the “it” girl at her school and seemingly has it all popularity, friends, and a booming modeling job. Just Listen, which was published in 2006 and was Dessen’s seventh book to be published, is no different. Dessen writes stories mostly focused on some kind of trauma in a young girl’s life and how this character changes and evolves as a result of the conflict set in play. Since 1996 she has written twelve novels and one novella. Sarah Dessen has become a well-known young adult novelist.
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