User:Iluvmcfly99/A Walk To Remember

Plot Summary
The story starts with a prologue from Landon Carter at age 57. The remainder of the story takes place when Landon is a seventeen year-old high school senior. Landon lives in the small, religious town of Beaufort, North Carolina. His father is a congressman, whereas Landon himself is not so outgoing. This causes some tension in their relationship. After much pressure from his father, Landon gives in to running for class president. Surprising himself, he gets the position. Being student body president, he is required to attend the school dance with a date. He asks many girls, but all of them seem to be taken. That night, he looks through his yearbook, trying to find an acceptable date. Since nobody else is available, he is forced to ask Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the preacher, and she accepts. Jamie is extremely religious, carrying a bible with her wherever she goes. Landon, being one of the popular students, is reluctant to go to the dance with such a girl, but then Jamie comes to Landon's aid when he is being threatened by Lew, Landon appreciates her presence. At the end of the night, he admits she was the best date possible.

Characters

 * Jamie Sullivan wears her blond hair in a bun, has blue eyes and dresses plainly in a plaid skirt and brown sweater every day . Jamie is nice to everyone and everything, no matter how they treat her . She always carries a Bible which in fact belonged to her deceased mother.


 * Lew is Angela Clark's boyfriend, who "[is] twenty years old and [works] as a mechanic" . "He [wears] a white tee-shirt with a pack of Camels folded into the sleeve."


 * Ms. Garber is the drama teacher at Landon's high-school. "She [is] big, at least 6'2", with flaming red hair and pale skin that [shows] her freckles well into her forties.".

Reception
Kristine Cuer of Helium calls the novel "an extraordinary love story". and thinks Nicholas Sparks is "one of the greatest novelists of modern times." She thought A Walk to Remember had many important lessons about love and life, but also thought it had the "universal cliche 'opposites attract'." Cuer knows some people would find the book "sappy," but says "one thing that is really worth noting in this story [is] how Landon and Jamie's relationship developed." Overall, the book was recieved well.