The Rest of the Story

From number one New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn t seen since she was a little girl and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.

Emma Saylor doesn t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever.

Now it s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable . . . until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother s family her grandmother and cousins she hasn t seen since she was a little girl.

When Emma arrives at the Lake, and spends more time with her mother s side of the family, she starts to feel like she is two different people . To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.

Then there s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It s hard not to get caught up in the magic of the Lake and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo s spell as well.

But when it s finally time to go back home, which side of Emma Saylor will win?