The book I just finished reading was "Along for The Ride" by Sarah Dessen. The book was about a girl named Auden West, who goes to spend the summer with her dad, stepmom, and new stepsister. Auden never really had a childhood like any of the other kids she knew. Her parents would always take her to special events, meetings, and a lot of adult parties and stuff. Auden always spent her time on her education, and focusing on school work. She never went to sleepovers, had playdates, hung out with her friends, or even learned to ride a bike. Now that she's in Colby for the summer, Auden can finally get away from all the stress, and pressure her mom has been putting on her for college. Now, Auden can have some time to take a break and just relax. Her stepmom, Heidi, offered her a paying job at her store to help the other girls her age working there. That's when Auden really starts getting to know what a normal childhood and young adulthood is like. The girls she work with become closer friends with Auden, and let her in on their secrets, and everything that happened with one boy, Eli.
After the horrible accident Eli went through, he doesn't really let people into his life much, he keeps it private and away from people. That all changes when Auden comes in, they start to have this connection that Eli doesn't have with most people.
I think other people should read this book because everyone can relate to something that's going on. The things that go on in Auden and the rest of her friends go through, are some of the same things that most kids our age go through. Either it's friendships lost, boy problems, your parents divorce, or just stress, I think a lot of people can understand what they all go through. Auden also gives a lot of advice to her friends and family, that could probably help readers going through the same things they are. Overall, I think that this book, could catch a lot of peoples attention, and maybe they'll like the book and they'll like it.
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