This story is about a young man and woman set in 1958 on the coast in Morehead City in Beaufort, North Carolina. This story shows each readers about first love. Morehead City is a place where the townspeople wave hello from their cars whether they know the person or not. The young man is Landon Carter who is a seventeen-year-old high school senior whose father is a United States congressman. He and his father are strangers. His father interrupts into his life and insists that he run for student body president to increase his chances of getting into a good college. Landon succeeds in the election and assumes the responsibilities that come along with it.
He needs to find a date to the school dance and looks to a young woman Jamie Sullivan. She is a junior, and the minister's daughter. Jamie is the kind of young woman who wears old sweaters, plaid skirts and her hair up in a bun. She believes that whatever happens in life is according to the Lord's plan. She is obviously not your typical high school student.
With an untold secret soon the plot beings to change and things begin to spark between the two characters. This story is a great read and tells a story with so many emotions wrapped within the text. Truly a great story about a first love.
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I have seen this movie but never thought to read the book until now. It seems like there is so much more to the story than I was able to see in the film adaptation. Stories about first loves, especially between opposites or with some kind of huge obstacle, seem to be really attractive to teen girls. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteThe book is SO different from the movie and SO better :) Definatly check it out!
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