Forever by Judy Blume

When you build up something in your mind — really imagine it, wish for it — sometimes, when it actually happens, it doesn’t live up to your expectations.

True love is nothing like that.

Especially not for Katherine and Michael, who can’t get enough of each other. Their relationship is unique: sincere, intense, and fun all at the same time. Although they haven’t been together all that long, they know it’s serious. A whole world opens up as young passion and sexuality bloom.

But it’s senior year of high school, and there are big changes ahead. Michael and Katherine are destined for another big “first”: a decision. Is this the love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?

Forever was one of those book that EVERY high school girl read in the seventies.  Don’t let that stop you though, this book is spot on.  Is your first love really going to last forever…

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

 

Macy is perfect. Perfect Mother, perfect boyfriend, perfect prospects for the future, but this summer would change all that. Life is going at quick pace for Macy at the end of her junior year in High School. Her boyfriend is off to “Brain Camp” (for smart kids) and her Mother, a real estate developer, is managing the new townhouse phase for their neighborhood and Macy is to start working at the library information desk. Slowly though her life is starting to fray: the library job is horrible, her boyfriend wants to take a break, and she and her mother have yet to grieve the loss of her father. When Macy takes on a new job with a chaotic catering business, she learns what is really important in life and catches the eye of Wes, an “extraordinary” boy (in the words of her new friend
Christy).

The Truth About Forever is a wonderful book for teens. Real characters and real emotions ooze from this incredible novel. Sarah Dessen is a great writer that captures the hardships and good times of teenage girl’s life.