While Kirsten and Whitney are living in the big city, Whitney suffers from anorexia and Kirsten tries to warn her parents how serious of an issue this is for Whitney, but their mother sort of brushes it off and makes excuses. Her older sister, Kirsten, has moved to New York City and the middle sister, Whitney, has also followed Kirsten in order to pursue her modeling career further. Annabel is the youngest in the family and spends her free time modeling even though her heart isn't in it after all, she doesn't want to disappoint her mother. With Owen's help, maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.' Annabel and her two sisters are models and are known in their suburban town for their good looks, along with living in a glass house designed by their architect father. Tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth-telling. This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good book that touches some subjects that most authors don’t.Goodreads says, ' Last year, Annabel was 'the girl who has everything' - at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf's Department Store. I chose this book because I have heard that Sarah Dessen is an amazing author and I finished reading it to find out if she learns to ask for help. In this novel you can find out more about Annabel’s story, whether she gets help, if she gets it on time, or if it is too late. Annabel begins to question if she should get help.

He convinces her that it is okay to get help and that sometimes holding things in is harder than letting them out. Owen is an outcast who loves music and is completely honest with everyone and everything. Annabel then thinks, that with her sister’s anorexia, her parents have enough on their mind, and she decides that she is not going to tell them anything. Then, just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, her sister is diagnosed with anorexia. She tries to tell her parents about it, but she does not know how to do it. Annabel often finds herself completely alone at school. The next fall at school everyone around her begins to hate her. At the party Annabel’s best friend Sophie’s boyfriend tries to rape her, but Sophie turns the story around and says that Annabel was sleeping with her boyfriend.

Then she went to a party that changed everything.

For years Annabel was known as “the girl who has everything.” She was a model, had cool friends, and a perfect family. Sarah Dessen‘s book Just Listen is about a girl named Annabel Greene. Natrona County Library Serving Natrona County, Wyoming, we promote literacy, support discovery and creation, and build community.

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen