Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of...
The first boy is always the hardest to get over. It's just the way the world works.
Disappointment is part of life. Just like change.
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More