A Walk to Remember Contributor(s): Sparks, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0446525537 ISBN-13: 9780446525534 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 1999 Annotation: There was a time when the world was sweeter . . . when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats. . . when something happened to a seventeen year-old boy that would change his life forever. Every April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister. A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood . . . No other author today touches our emotions more deeply than Nicholas Sparks. Illuminating both the strength and the gossamer fragility of our deepest emotions, his two New York Times bestsellers, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, have established him as the leading author of today's most cherished love stories. Now, in A WALK TO REMEMBER, he tells a truly unforgettable story, one that glimmers with all of his magic, holding us spell-bound -- and reminding us that in life each of us may find one great love, the kind thatchanges everything . . . |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Contemporary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 99012079 |
Lexile Measure: 930(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" L (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
Features: Ikids |
Awards: Iowa High School Book Award, Winner, Young Adult, 2003 Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Winner, Young Adult, 2003 |
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/1999 pg. 88 Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1999 pg. 1252 Booklist 08/01/1999 pg. 1989 Publishers Weekly 08/23/1999 pg. 42 Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 33 Entertainment Weekly 10/15/1999 pg. 74 People Weekly 11/29/1999 pg. 68 Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2000 pg. 819 Library Journal 06/01/1999 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 45201 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of young but everlasting love (Chicago Sun-Times).There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet.... |
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