Books like This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Remy Starr is a hard‑knocking 16‑year‑old who has grown up on her mother’s rules and her mother’s multiple marriages. When a boy named Dexter enters her life, she’s suddenly challenged by feelings that defy her own guarded expectations. Musically inclined, Remy is drawn into the world of a promising rock band and the high‑stakes friendships that accompany it, forcing her to confront what it means to trust, to break up, and to find her own voice in both music and romance.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Sarah Dessen
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