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* ThreeAmigos: Leah, Esther and Maggie. Weirdly, it's subverted in the next Colby novel, ''The Moon and More'', in which Esther and Maggie both appear but Leah doesn't.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: Some between Auden and Eli.

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* BrainyBrunette: Auden. This runs in her family, apparently.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Belissa Norwood. The strange thing is, she's the one who broke up with Eli.

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* %%* ClingyJealousGirl: Belissa Norwood. The strange thing is, she's the one who broke up with Eli.



* InsufferableGenius:
** Jason Talbot.
** Auden, at least at first.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Auden.
* ManChild: Auden's father has definite shades; he is very selfish and he sulks and pouts if he doesn't get his own way, and he often pushes off responsibility for Thisbe onto Auden, despite Auden only being a teenager and supposed to be on vacation.

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** %%** Jason Talbot.
** %%** Auden, at least at first.
* %%* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Auden.
* ManChild: Auden's father has definite shades; shades of this; he is very selfish and he sulks and pouts if he doesn't get his own way, and he often pushes off responsibility for Thisbe onto Auden, despite Auden only being a teenager and supposed to be on vacation.



* SpoiledBrat: Eli's younger brother Jake. Eli even lampshades it.

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* NotGoodWithPeople: Auden, at least at first.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling:
** Even though she is only a baby, Auden's sister Thisbe.
** Eli's brother Jake.
* AntiHero: Auden.

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** %%** Even though she is only a baby, Auden's sister Thisbe.
** %%** Eli's brother Jake.
* %%* AntiHero: Auden.



* BetaCouple:
** Hollis and Lauren.
** Heidi and Auden's dad could also count.

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* %%* BetaCouple:
** %%** Hollis and Lauren.
** %%** Heidi and Auden's dad could also count.



* CloudcuckooLander: Clyde.
* CuteButCacophonic: Baby sister Thisbe.

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* %%* CloudcuckooLander: Clyde.
* %%* CuteButCacophonic: Baby sister Thisbe.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Auden.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Auden and Esther.

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* %%* DefrostingIceQueen: Auden.
* %%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Auden and Esther.



* FieryRedhead: Leah.
* GenkiGirl: Maggie.

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* %%* GenkiGirl: Maggie.



* ThoseTwoGuys: Leah and Esther.

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* %%* ThoseTwoGuys: Leah and Esther.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Auden and Maggie.
* TooCleverByHalf: Auden.
* TooMuchInformation: Heidi, frequently.
* TroubledButCute: Eli.

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* %%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Auden and Maggie.
* %%* TooCleverByHalf: Auden.
* %%* TooMuchInformation: Heidi, frequently.
* %%* TroubledButCute: Eli.

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* CameraFiend: Adam.

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* CameraFiend: Adam.Adam, partly because he was one of exactly two people on the yearbook staff and thus took most of the pictures.



* MayDecemberRomance: Downplayed with Auden's father and Heidi. Heidi is twenty-six, and while Auden's father isn't given a definitive age, Auden mentions that her own mother was twenty-six when she had Hollis. She also mentions that her parents came to their current city out of grad school, which presumably puts them at roughly the same age, making her father a lot older than Heidi.



* ThreeAmigos: Leah, Esther and Maggie.

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* ThreeAmigos: Leah, Esther and Maggie. Weirdly, it's subverted in the next Colby novel, ''The Moon and More'', in which Esther and Maggie both appear but Leah doesn't.
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Auden West, the daughter of professors, never had a chance to be a real kid-- she doesn't even know how to ride a bike. Left an insomniac after her parents' constant fighting and subsequent divorce, she spends the nocturnal hours driving around her hometown and drinking diner coffee. The summer before college, she takes her father up on his offer to visit him, his new wife Heidi, and their infant daughter in the small beach town of Colby. Auden then meets fellow insomniac Eli, who works at the bike store next to Heidi's boutique. Still adrift after a tragedy of his own, Eli becomes Auden's tour guide to Colby after dark, and they begin to grow closer.

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** Isabel and Morgan from ''Keeping the Moon'' are friends of Heidi.



* DeclarationOfProtection: Auden. Same as her mother.



* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette:
** Auden.
** Esther.

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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette:
** Auden.
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EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Auden and Esther.



* HiddenDepths: Maggie and Heidi.

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* HiddenDepths: Auden initially dismisses Maggie and Heidi.Heidi as stereotypical girly girls, but they both have a lot more to them. Maggie is interested in bike riding, good at economics, and is smart enough to be attending the same school as Auden. Heidi was previously a more cutthroat businesswoman with plans to open a boutique in New York, but her mother's death and her relationship with Auden's father ended up keeping her in Colby.
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* TooMuchInformation: Heidi, frequently.
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''Along for the Ride'' is a 2009 young adult novel by Creator/SarahDessen.
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!!This novel contains examples of:

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling:
** Even though she is only a baby, Auden's sister Thisbe.
** Eli's brother Jake.
* AntiHero: Auden.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Some between Auden and Eli.
* BetaCouple:
** Hollis and Lauren.
** Heidi and Auden's dad could also count.
* BrainyBrunette: Auden. This runs in her family, apparently.
* CameraFiend: Adam.
* CharacterOverlap: Jason Talbot previously appeared in ''Literature/TheTruthAboutForever''.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Belissa Norwood. The strange thing is, she's the one who broke up with Eli.
* CloudcuckooLander: Clyde.
* CuteButCacophonic: Baby sister Thisbe.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Eli. [[spoiler:His best friend died in a car crash, and Eli was driving. The accident scarred his arms and caused him to quit bike racing.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: Auden. Same as her mother.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Auden.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette:
** Auden.
** Esther.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Auden thinks "Penelope" is one.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: This trope appears, but interestingly, people seem wary of the potential relationship because of what Eli has already been through.
* FieryRedhead: Leah.
* GenkiGirl: Maggie.
* HiddenDepths: Maggie and Heidi.
* HotTeacher: Auden's mother teaches at a university and has several students drooling over her.
* InsufferableGenius:
** Jason Talbot.
** Auden, at least at first.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Auden.
* ManChild: Auden's father has definite shades; he is very selfish and he sulks and pouts if he doesn't get his own way, and he often pushes off responsibility for Thisbe onto Auden, despite Auden only being a teenager and supposed to be on vacation.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Auden, at least at first.
* NoSocialSkills: Auden, at least at first. She actually goes to answer the question, "What kind of name is that?"
* ParentWithNewParamour: Auden's father has recently remarried and has just had a new child at the beginning of the novel.
* SiblingYinYang:
** Quiet, loner Auden is pretty much the exact opposite of her brother Hollis.
** Eli and Jake, one being quiet and thoughtful and the other...not.
* SpoiledBrat: Eli's younger brother Jake. Eli even lampshades it.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Leah and Esther.
* ThreeAmigos: Leah, Esther and Maggie.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Auden and Maggie.
* TooCleverByHalf: Auden.
* TroubledButCute: Eli.
* UptightLovesWild: Auden's free-spirited, irresponsible brother Hollis falls for serious, studious Lauren.
* VisitByDivorcedDad: Inverted; Auden goes to visit her dad for the summer.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The protagonist's father pretentiously names his kids after obscure references. If people understand the references, he considers them worthy enough to associate with. As a result his kids are named Hollis, Auden, and Thisbe.
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