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A Walk to Remember
Author: Nicholas Sparks

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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780446693806 - ISBN-10: 0446693804
Publication Date: 9/1/2004
Pages: 224


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

Book Description:
The bestselling author of Message in a Bottle and The Notebook returns with a deeply moving tale of first love and its transformational powers.

"When I was seventeen, my life changed forever"... So begins Nicholas Sparks' touching tale of Landon Carter, a teenage boy living in the small town of Beaufort, North Carolina in the late 1950s. Landon is a typical teenager who just wants to have a fun senior year before heading off to college. The last thing he anticipated is Jamie Sullivan, the sweet, pious daughter of the town's Baptist minister. But on the evening of Beaufort's annual Christmas pageant, Landon will undergo a change of heart that will forever alter the course of his life. In the months that follow, Landon discovers truths that it takes most people a lifetime to learn- truths about the nature of beauty, the joy of giving, the pain of loss, and, most of all, the transformational power of love.

Nicholas Sparks' most recent novel, Message in a Bottle has nearly 700,000 hardcover copies in print and was on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list for 28 weeks. The Warner paperback edition has over 1.5 million copies in print. In spring 1999, it was released as a major motion picture starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. A New York Times hardcover bestseller for 56 weeks and a paperback bestseller for well over a year, Nicholas Sparks' first novel, The Notebook (1996) has nearly three million hardcover and paperback copies in print combined.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Christine S. (countrymommy) wrote on 1/30/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was an absolutely captivating story. Sparks makes you look through the eyes of a 17 year old and makes you realize why you love your spouse so much! I know this is what it did for me. I fell more in love with my husband just knowing the amount of love a heart can feel. Ended a little different than I wanted, though.


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Terri E. (stocktonmalonefan) - Santa Clarita wrote on 9/5/2009...


A good, sappy book that is a quick read. I figured out what the title was referring to early into the book--but it was still engaging. When I say sappy, I mean a sweet tear-jerker -- perfect for a sappy-sapper like me.

Donna S. (dancedms) wrote on 6/28/2009...


This was my first Nicholas Sparks book that I read. I loved every word of the book. I finished the whole book in one sitting while I was on a airplane. The book was such a good book. Everyone should read this book!!!

Jill L. wrote on 5/2/2009...


I enjoyed this book though it was predictable.

JoAnn M. wrote on 9/23/2008...


Not one of my favorite Nicholas Sparks books, very perdictable. I was not going to finish it..But I made it through.

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.

Linda H. (ldh652) wrote on 4/29/2007...


Larger Print book - approx 14-16 pt. font

Deborah F. (gotbooks) wrote on 3/13/2007...


This is one of my favorite authors.

Rachel H. (rhooz) wrote on 1/23/2007...


A sweet story. Predictable but typical Sparks. Can't go wrong with him for a quick read.

Sebrina S. (strikeapose228) wrote on 1/18/2007...


Thins book is one of my all time favorites. Far better than the movie.

Heather C. (morgansmommy) wrote on 6/23/2006...


Very strong book with some interesting things happening in it.


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