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A Walk to Remember
Author: Nicholas Sparks

Book Information
Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780446525534 - ISBN-10: 0446525537
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 256


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette

Book Description:
There was a time when the world was sweeter...when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats...when something happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life forever.

Every April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High.

It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister.

A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out.

Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood

No other author today touches our emotions more deeply than Nicholas Sparks. Illuminating both the strength and the gossamer fragility of our deepest emotions, his two New York Times bestsellers, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, have established him as the leading author of today's most cherished love stories. Now, in A WALK TO REMEMBER, he tells a truly unforgettable story, one that glimmers with all of his magic, holding us spellbound-and reminding us that in life each of us may find one great love, the kind that changes everything...


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Top Member Book Reviews

Anne H. (QuiltsRme) wrote on 1/7/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

A good clean read with a bit of a religious theme.

Janis K. (scrapbooklady) wrote on 7/4/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

A strong character keeps this story about the power of love moving right along. Everyone can relate to this story, which will touch your heart.

Laurie U. (LaurieU) wrote on 8/8/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sweet. Compelling. I wish everyone could experience love as honestly and deeply as this 17 year old boy.

Carole C. (book-luver) wrote on 10/6/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love this book and at the end, I had tears in my eyes. This book showed so much. It is by far my favorite book. I belive Nicholas Sparks worte this book to many young people showing them they can get through a heartbreak when instead you could be going through a heartache. I absolutly loved this book and I beleive everyone should read it.

Phyllis H. wrote on 11/5/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you loved Message in a Bottle and The Notebook, you will love this book too.

Saara A. (sunnymoody) wrote on 3/17/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Touching,warms your heart

Abbey R. (Abbey) wrote on 11/29/2005...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was the first Nicholas Sparks book I read, it got me hooked. Excellent read.

Bev D. (hers6) wrote on 11/13/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I read this book last nite! It was really good! I have never read Nicholas Sparks before but I will definitely look for more. It was very touching!

Christina C. (yogagirl08) wrote on 10/29/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

great book-the ending is unexpected.

April M. (Hevensent20) wrote on 10/10/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sparks knows how to make you cry. This is a wonderful book. It's and emotional Journey from the beginning.


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Martha S. (msteph5444) - Clarksville, TN wrote on 10/13/2009...


Incredibly moving story - that makes you grab your box of tissues. Well written and recommended.

Victoria Z. wrote on 9/26/2009...


i love this book. Nicholas Sparks showed me a new way of how to love. With as much passion and as much of my soul as possible..

Elizabeth B. (elizadoll) wrote on 8/17/2009...


Fabulous; one of my favorites. I cry everytime:)

Tina W. (ladywhitman) wrote on 8/13/2009...


ahhhh i laughed and cried and cried some more!!!

Brittany T. (Brittany2e) wrote on 8/3/2009...


One Of my favorite books. I've read it over and over

Holly E. - Florence, AL wrote on 5/4/2009...


Great book. Very moving.

Jacqueline H. (doublenickels) wrote on 1/12/2009...


and I kept hoping it would get better. I'd read THE NOTEBOOK and Loved it! This story is not nearly as good. I believe perhaps you just have to be a teeny bopper to enjoy this one. Maybe I was just in a rotten mood. You read and and see what you think. It's definitely NOT his best.

Sherry B. (bbsherry) wrote on 10/16/2008...


Fabulous!!!

Julienne M. (emmaausten7) wrote on 8/6/2008...


Clearly a winner. While it has some things in common with the movie, don't expect to read what you saw. Some things are different; mainly the setting.

Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) wrote on 7/20/2008...


Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

Landon Carter is now 57 years old and he is telling his love story from when he was a senior in high school. He still remembers the events of something that he thought was just a friendship as if it was yesterday.

Jamie Sullivan was a minister's daughter, who wore boring brown sweaters every day, always tied her hair up in a bun, and always had her Bible with her. She is the girl that you would think of when you would imagine the person who gets made fun of in high school. She had never been on a date in her life, and Landon was one of the more popular boys in his high school.

Landon didn't have a date for homecoming, so he decided that he would ask Jamie because she was too sweet to say no and wouldn't have a date yet. When he asked, she said "promise me that you won't fall in love with me."

After a horrible night at homecoming, Jamie asked Landon to play the male lead in an upcoming Christmas play that was performed every year, and was a very big deal in the town. Landon didn't really want to, but Jamie talked him into it because she was playing the lead female and her father had written the play -- and Jamie wanted the play to be very special. After about two months of constant rehearsals, the play was performed and the town knew that this had been the best year ever. And Landon had to admit that it went well, and that he was falling in love with dorky Jamie. But there is a secret that Jamie was hiding from Landon. What could it possibly be? And why did she tell Landon not to fall in love with her?

This is another powerful love story from an author that makes you believe in love. Read this amazing novel to find out the secrets of Landon and Jamie.


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