Her dad lives in Colby, a fictional town thought to be inspired by Emerald Isle, North Carolina. Her mother and father are divorced, and because Auden spent the majority of her life with her mom, she wants to spend her final summer as a child with her dad. The film follows Auden, a girl freshly graduated from high school, as she spends her summer with her dad before starting college at Defriese University (a made-up college thought to take inspiration from Duke University) in the fall. The first was the 2003 movie How to Deal, which used her books Someone Like You and That Summer as source material. Along for the Ride is only the second film adaptation to come from Dessen's books. The other books optioned, The Lullaby and Once and for All, also follow girls embarking on new journeys and healing from past trauma. The adaptation marks Alvarez's directorial debut as she brings the story of Auden, a high school graduate enjoying her last summer before college, and Eli, a teen from a small beach town in North Carolina, to life.Īlong for the Ride marks the first of three of Dessen's novels Netflix optioned the rights for in 2019, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

I Still Love You, to adapt Sarah Dessen's 2009 novel Along for the Ride. Known for their adaptations of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Kissing Booth, Netflix has teamed up with Sofia Alvarez, writer of To All the Boys and its sequel To All the Boys: P.S. Ready your screens, the next Netflix young adult book-to-film adaptation is coming your way.

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