I just finished a book called Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen. In the book is a family made up three daughters: Kirsten, Whitney and Annabel. Their mother got them all into modeling at a very young age. The protagonist in the book is Annabel Greene who encounters a life changing experience one summer before her junior year. Her best friend since the seventh grade, Sophie, has a boyfriend who's name is Will Cash. At a party, Will trapped Annabel in a dark room and forced himself upon her, causing this situation to look like something it wasn't when Sophie walked in on them. Sophie and Annabel's other best friend, Emily, disowned her when they thought she was sleeping with Will. As Annabel suffers in misery through her junior year with personal family problems along with being an outcast, Owen Armstrong saves her from herself and did something no one else had ever done for her: Listened. This book was really good because valuable life lessons were taught to all of the characters. I think that maybe the author wrote this book to teach her readers to not be afraid to speak up about serious situations. I believe Owen is the best character because he teaches Annabel to be herself always, and to always be honest with people. He and Annabel grew up together during the course of the book. The best quotation is from Annabel when speaking to Owen about her situation from the past summer, "Just listen, don't judge... just listen." It's important because it's powerful, and also the title of the book. Some questions about this book is why did the author make all of the Greene sister's models? Why does Owen love being so honest with people, all the time?