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Sarah Dessen Character Analysis

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Sarah Dessen writes a novel that so many people can connect to including myself as I connected with the main character Sydney as being invisible and feeling what true friendship is. Both Sydney and I connected by feeling invisible for a number of reasons. One main example is that Sydney feels invisible in her own family. Her brother Peyton is the star of the family. He is handsome, a daredevil, and popular. Her parents care more about Peyton than their own daughter. Mac and Sydney were talking when she said, “I’m used to being invisible. Any kind of attention makes me nervous” (Dessen 247). As for myself I had to compete with 4 brothers and 1 sister. 7th grade was when I felt invisible and unseen just like Sydney. My oldest brother was finishing

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