In my independent reading book, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, there is a girl named Auden who lives with her mom because her parents are divorced. The summer before college starts, she decides she wants to spent the summer with her dad, her stepmom , and her new baby sister. Before she arrives, she expecteed her dad to pay a lot of attention to her and get caught up on her life right now. But Auden didn't want to get invovled in her stepmom Heidi. It wasn't like she was mean or anything, but in Auden's mind she was too perky.. But over the course of her stay, her opinions change about her stepmom as she soon notices that her dad is not even talking to Auden that much or helping out with the baby. All he is doing is working on his new book, while Heidi has to do all of the work. So over the course of her stay, Auden gains respect for her stepmom, and she also starts helping out with her baby sister too. I think the theme of this book is don't make judgements based on a decision made in the past in which perspectives differed.
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