Honestly, this novel seemed much longer than it was, in the best of possible ways. Gradually, she reveals more about herself and is relieved to find that the Chathams still warmly accept her, having family issues of their own. The Chathams know nothing about Sydney’s life or family and she initially prefers it that way. Two of the Chathams, Mac and Layla, are fellow students at Sydney’s new school, and she is quickly enfolded into their circle of friends, which includes an entitled, self-styled musical genius, and a giant young black man who plays football. Adrift in a sea of new faces and reluctant to head home to an empty house after school, she chooses to go for a slice of pizza at a local restaurant, where she meets and is quickly befriended by the Chatham family, who own the pizza parlor. Unable to face returning to her private day school where everyone knows both her brother and his fate, Sydney has decided to enroll in the local public school for her junior year. Sydney is devastated that because of her brother, a young man her age will never walk again. Sydney’s parents, especially her mother, are devastated that their son will have to spend time in prison. Her brother Peyton, in and out of trouble since middle school, has just been sentenced to time in prison for a drunk driving accident that severely injured another teen boy. In Sarah Dessen’s latest novel, Saint Anything, we meet main character Sydney at a turning point in her life.
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