A Walk To Remember

The book A Walk To Remember is a love story taking place in 1958 in Morehead City, North Carolina. This is the story of their first love.

Landon Carter is a seventeen-year-old high school senior whose father is a United States congressman.  He and his father are strangers, his father is on the road quite a bit of the time and he spends the majority of time being raised by his mother.  His father insists that he needs to run for student body president to increase his chances of getting into a good college.  His father believes that "We Carters always win" and he wants to make Landon a miniature version of himself.  

Landon wins the election and one of his responsibilities is attending the homecoming dance.  Due to the fact he has just broken up with his girlfriend, he doesn't have a date and in a panic, he pulls out his yearbook and scans the pages for someone available.  He finally decides on Jamie Sullivan, a junior, who is the minister's daughter, knowing that nobody else will ask her to the dance.  Jamie wears old sweaters, plaid skirts and her hair up in a bun.  She carries the Bible wherever she goes and believes that whatever happens in life is according to the Lord's plan.  She is obviously not your typical high school student and not someone in who Landon or his friends would be interested in.

Both Landon and Jamie star in the school Christmas play that Jamie's father has written.  The play details the personal story of his life after his wife's death and his search for love and the meaning of life in his daughter.  Jamie plays the angel and Landon, the lead male role.  Over time, in rehearsals and occasional talks together on her front porch, Landon starts to like Jamie.  As a result, he becomes a better person, helping her do good things and going with her to the orphanage.  The opening night of the play, he is amazed when he first sees her walk on the stage dressed as an angel, with her hair loose and flowing down her back.  She glitters on stage and he falls for her true beauty.

                This book is good for anyone who likes romance stories or stories about changing yourself. Nicholas Sparks did a great job with this one!