The author has done a lot to engage me, the reader into this book. Mostly though, Dessen engages the reader by writing in first person. Because Dessen writes the story in first person it makes it easier to relate to what Annabel is going through in the story even though Annabel's story is unusual. But I guess the smaller things about Annabel can make it easier to relate to her- like that she doesn't speak up all that much about what she wants or that her ex-best friend is really mean to her now. Everybody can goes through those kind of things- say your friend moves away and you guys don't talk that much anymore, well if you guys do talk again, it's very easy for some misunderstanding to be born from not seeing someone in awhile. On another note though, because Dessen writes from first person (Annabel's perspective), the story itself becomes more personal and therefore easier to understand and relate to.
Dessen doesn't really make the reason why she wrote this book plain. In fact, Dessen doesn't say why she wrote this book at all. So I guess the reason why Dessen wrote this book is more implicit than anything else. My guess is that the reason why Dessen wrote a story like Annabel's is because she most likely either experienced or saw something like Annabel's story in her own life. I guess that because Dessen could maybe relate to Annabel was going through in this story then the author figured it would make it easier for teens to relate to.
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