The Rest of the Story

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?

--Publishers Weekly

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 06/04/2019
ISBN: 9780062933621
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.90w x 1.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/29/2019
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 84
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2019
School Library Journal 06/01/2019 pg. 78
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 84
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504115 / Rest of the Story
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16