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Sweethearts

Sara Zarr

2007217 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2007
first published
  • 2007Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 384 pages · ENGISBN 9780751538007
  • 2008Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9780316029261
  • 2008Little, Brown and Co. · 217 pages · ENGISBN 9780316014557

As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts. They were also one another's only friend. So when Cameron disappears without warning, Jennifer thinks she's lost the only person who will ever understand her. Now in high school, Jennifer has been transformed. Known as Jenna, she's popular, happy, and dating, everything "Jennifer" couldn't be---but she still can't shake the memory of her long-lost friend. When Cameron suddenly reappears, they are both confronted with memories of their shared past and the drastically different paths their lives have taken.From the National Book Award nominated author of Story of a Girl, Sweethearts is a story about the power of memory, the bond of friendship, and the quiet resilience of our childhood hearts.

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