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When It Happens

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By Susane Colasanti
Read by Lauren Davis and Bryan Kennedy

Paperback $9.99

May 01, 2008 | 336 Pages | Young Adult

Ebook $9.99

May 01, 2008 | 336 Pages | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $20.00

Feb 19, 2019 | 446 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About When It Happens

    Reminiscent of the movie Say Anything, a debut novel for all those searching for The One! From the author of the City Love trilogy.

    Sara and Tobey couldn’t be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the Bands. Sara’s other goal is to find true love, so when Dave, a popular jock, asks her out, she’s thrilled. But then there’s Tobey. His amazing blue eyes and quirky wit always creep into her thoughts. It just so happens that one of Tobey’s goals is also to make Sara fall in love with him. Told in alternating points of view, Sara and Tobey’s real connection will have everyone rooting for them from the minute they meet!

    About When It Happens

    At the start of her senior year in high school, Sara wants two things: to get into a top college and to find true love.Tobey also wants two things for his senior year: to win Battle of the Bands and to make Sara fall in love with him. However, a popular jock named Dave moves in on Sara first. But Tobey’s quirky wit and big blue eyes are hard for Sara to ignore. Plus, he gets the little things that matter to her. Can a slacker rock-star wannabe win the heart of a pretty class brain like Sara?

    Hilariously and movingly told through Tobey and Sara’s authentic voices, Susane Colasanti’s debut novel sizzles in its portrayal of two young people searching for The One.

    About When It Happens

    Reminiscent of the movie Say Anything, a debut novel for all those searching for The One! From the author of the City Love trilogy.

    Sara and Tobey couldn’t be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the Bands. Sara’s other goal is to find true love, so when Dave, a popular jock, asks her out, she’s thrilled. But then there’s Tobey. His amazing blue eyes and quirky wit always creep into her thoughts. It just so happens that one of Tobey’s goals is also to make Sara fall in love with him. Told in alternating points of view, Sara and Tobey’s real connection will have everyone rooting for them from the minute they meet!

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    Also by Susane Colasanti

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    All I Need
    Keep Holding On
    So Much Closer
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    About Susane Colasanti

    Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, and All I Need. Susane has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and… More about Susane Colasanti

    About Susane Colasanti

    Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, and All I Need. Susane has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and… More about Susane Colasanti

    About Susane Colasanti

    Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, and All I Need. Susane has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and… More about Susane Colasanti

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Speak
    May 01, 2008 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780142411551

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Speak
    May 01, 2008 | 336 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781440639371

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Feb 19, 2019 | 446 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780525628873

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    Praise

    “Realistic dialogue, multi-layered characters, musical references and issues that matter most to teens make this story happen. Like Sarah Dessen, Colasanti knows how teens operate.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “It is a fully satisfying story that will please young adult readers looking for a little romance.” —VOYA

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