The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn't seen since she was a little girl--and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.

Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges.

Now it's just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable...until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother's family that she hasn't seen since she was a little girl.

When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is also divided into two people. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.

Then there's Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family's history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It's hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake--and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo's spell as well.

For Saylor, it's like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when it's time to go back home, which side of her--Emma or Saylor--will win out?

Saint Anything, The Moon and More, What Happened to Goodbye, Along for the Ride, Lock and Key, Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, and This Lullaby are among Sarah Dessen's past works, which include the New York Times bestsellers Saint Anything, The Moon and More, What Happened to Goodbye, Along for the Ride, Lock and Key, Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, and This Lullaby. That Summer and Someone Like You, her first two books, were adapted into the film How to Deal. Dessen's works routinely appear on lists like Teenagers' Top Ten and Best Literature for Young Adults. They've been dubbed in twenty-five different languages. Sarah Dessen is the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award winner.

The American Library Association's Young Adult division presented her with the Edwards Award, acknowledging her outstanding contribution to young adult literature. Sarah Dessen earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her husband, Jay, and their daughter, Sasha Clementine, live in Chapel Hill. Sarah's website is sarahdessen.com.