The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
by Nicholas Sparks
THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 2/1/04
Publisher: Warner Books
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
Rating: 5 Stars
THE NOTEBOOK is the romance novel of this generation!
Ali and Noah are two very different people, or characters, depending on how you think about it. Ali is from a wealthy
family that thinks very highly of themselves, and Noah was raised by his father and has had to work for every penny he
has. Which is not much. The characters come alive and it is almost like you personally know both of them. It’s amazing!
Ali takes a vacation to New Bern where Noah lives. As the summer progresses, their relationship grows stronger and
stronger and they fall in love. They fight all the time, but for some crazy reason they are madly in love.
Then the summer ends.
Noah and Ali are devastated that she has to leave. Her parents won’t let her stay because they think that she is too good
for him. It’s absolutely devastating. He writes her letters, which she never receives because her mother intercepts and
keeps them. She thinks that Noah has forgotten her.
Then World War II begins.
Noah is deployed for a couple of years and comes home when the war is over. During this time, Ali gets engaged to Lon,
a lawyer who her parents approve of because he is socially acceptable. Noah buys an old plantation and fixes it up, and
he and the house wind up in the newspaper. So Ali decides that she needs to go see Noah before she gets married, even
though she hasn’t seen him in fourteen years. At their reunion, they realize that they never fell out of love.
Read the book to find out who Ali chooses, Noah or Lon!
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 2/1/04
Publisher: Warner Books
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
Rating: 5 Stars
THE NOTEBOOK is the romance novel of this generation!
Ali and Noah are two very different people, or characters, depending on how you think about it. Ali is from a wealthy
family that thinks very highly of themselves, and Noah was raised by his father and has had to work for every penny he
has. Which is not much. The characters come alive and it is almost like you personally know both of them. It’s amazing!
Ali takes a vacation to New Bern where Noah lives. As the summer progresses, their relationship grows stronger and
stronger and they fall in love. They fight all the time, but for some crazy reason they are madly in love.
Then the summer ends.
Noah and Ali are devastated that she has to leave. Her parents won’t let her stay because they think that she is too good
for him. It’s absolutely devastating. He writes her letters, which she never receives because her mother intercepts and
keeps them. She thinks that Noah has forgotten her.
Then World War II begins.
Noah is deployed for a couple of years and comes home when the war is over. During this time, Ali gets engaged to Lon,
a lawyer who her parents approve of because he is socially acceptable. Noah buys an old plantation and fixes it up, and
he and the house wind up in the newspaper. So Ali decides that she needs to go see Noah before she gets married, even
though she hasn’t seen him in fourteen years. At their reunion, they realize that they never fell out of love.
Read the book to find out who Ali chooses, Noah or Lon!
