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The novel is first written in the screenplay form. Jennifer Gibgot from Offspring Entertainment called Nicholas Sparks to write a story for Miley Cyrus. The Disney film cast were on a time limit to film the movie in the summer. So Nicholas Sparks first wrote the Screenplay then followed it up with a Novel. But however, all of Nicholas Spark's films are interpretation of his books. Nicholas Sparks says " They have to be. It's an entirely different medium - one is a story told in words, the other is a story told in pictures." Nicholas Sparks says " The challenge with the novel is not to do the novelization. It was to make the novel unique and it's own."

The Last Song holds No.1 on USA Today's best selling books.

Plot
The Last Song tells the story of Ronnie Miller,a teenage girl, coming out of teenage rebellion and falling in love. Ronnie's mom forces Ronnie and her brother to spent a summer with Steve, their dad, who lives on the Wrightsville Beach North, Carolina. Ronnie hasn't talked him in three year because she felt abandoned by him in her parent's divorce. Ronnie refuses to play the piano and turns down the offer to attend Julliard to make her dad mad. When Ronnie arrives she runs off to the carnival on the beach. She gets knocked by Will, a rich beach volleyball player, who tried to save the ball.

Ronnie then goes to buy another shirt where she met her first friend on the beach Blake, who's similar to Ronnie herself. Blake brings Ronnie to hangout with her boyfriend Marcus, a troublemaker. Marcus tries to flirt and touch Ronnie when Blake's not around which caused Ronnie to leave. Marcus tells Blake that Ronnie trys to flirt with him caused Blake mad at Ronnie. As a result of Blake getting jealous of Ronnie, Blake framed Ronnie of stealing in the music store. Steve then picked Ronnie up from the police station and believed Ronnie to be innocent, which starts to melt Ronnie's cold heart.

Ronnie finds nest of turtle egg behind her house getting attacked by the racoons, so she calls the aquarium and camps by the eggs to save the turtles. Will as a volunteer for the aquarium comes to save the turtles. He camps out with Ronnie for a few nights and after a few days of hanging put with him, Ronnie starts to have feelings for him. After they've been together for two month, Ronnie attents Will's sister's wedding where Marcus comes to ruin it. Due to the incident, Will's parents dislike Ronnie and say Ronnie is not good enough for Will. As a result of it, Ronnie breaks up with Will. After talking to Will's stster Ronnie gets back together with Will.

When they get back home they found out that Steve has lung cancer and can't survive for long. So Ronnie's little brother Jonah teaches Will and Ronnie how to make the glass for the church. Ronnie also started playing the piano and finished the song that her dad was writing. Kim, Ronnie's mom, comes to bring Jonah and Ronnie back to New York but Ronnie decides to stay and take care of her dad. Meanwhile, Will leaves to Vanderbilt for school. Ronnie takes care of Steve in the hospital. As Ronnie plays their last song for her dad, he closes his eyes. Will showed up in Steve's funeral but then he leaves again for Europe. After the funeral Ronnie returns to New York, and she auditions for a spot for The Juilliard. She met Will surprisingly, and Will told her that he's going to transfer to Columbia to be closer to Ronnie. The book ended with Ronnie saying "I love you Will Blakelee".

Inspiration
The Last Song is inspired by Nicholas Spark's own experience with his wife. He first met his wife on spring break in their senior year of college. He saw a girl telling the frisbee players to not watch out for the kids because they almost knocked them out. And she held the doors open for old people. Sparks thinks she's a very quality person. So in the novel, Will sees the way Ronnie treats her brother and animals, he sees the good things from her.

It wasn't hard for Nicholas Sparks to write a novel about a seventeen year old girl. Nicholas Spark says "I remember when i was a seventeen year old boy, I loved those seventeen year old girls. I felt I understood them very well, in fact." Nicholas Sparks also coaches high school track team, so it wasn't hard for him to get inside a mind of a teenage girl.

Major Themes
The main themes of The Last Song are different kinds of love, faith and also with Christianity. During the summer Ronnie falls in love with a local boy Will Blakelee, learns about romantic love. She starts to talk to her dad again and learns family love. She cares about the turtles her backyard which shows love of neighbors.

Adaptation
The novel is adapted as a movie for Touchstone pictures. It was released on March 31, 2010. The film stars Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth. Nicholas Sparks first wrote the screenplay then followed up with the novel. He co-wrote the screenplay with Van Wie's help.Bill DeYoung says "The Disney-made film designed as a vehicle for teen star Miley Cyrus' first baby steps outside Hannah Montana territory."