sweethearts by sara zarr

Recommended: I recommend this book only for the beginning and middle of the book. It is worth reading because the author can write very realistic characters that you feel for. The story revolves around a girl named Jennifer (smile). She has a best friend named Cameron when she is younger. They spend all their time together. They are the outcasts because they are poor and not popular when they are younger. They confide and help each other. They also go through a tragic experience together as kids. Then, Cameron moves away, but Jennifer believes that he died. She changes her name after her mom remarries, and she starts attending a new school. Now, instead of Jennifer Harris, she is Jenna Vaughn, the popular and put-together part of herself. Throughout the book, she is struggling between the two parts of herself. When Cameron returns, she is suddenly thrown into her old self and this friendship/love that she thought she lost. The ending to this book was sooooo disappointing. It was like the author was rushed or something. Her relationship with Cameron is not resolved, and struggle between the two parts of herself are not resolved. The only way this author could redeem this ending is if she wrote a sequel, but I have checked, and it doesn't look like one is in the making.