The Moon and More is Sarah Dessen's eleventh book, published in June 2013,[1] and is a young adult novel.

He's a city boy who's come to Colby as the assistant to a high-strung documentary filmmaker who's in town to profile a reclusive local artist.

[2] Emaline is spending the summer working for her family's real estate agency and getting ready to head to the local college in the fall.

[3] Her plans for the summer involve working at her family's realty, while hanging out with her two best friends Daisy and Morris, and her boyfriend Luke.

She plans to attend the local university in the fall, East U, with her high school sweetheart Luke, on a full ride scholarship.

Finally, a documentary filmmaker from New York shows up in town to interview Clyde Conway, a mysterious artist who disappeared at the height of his career.

The filmmaker, Ivy, has brought along her young assistant, Theo, who is eager to impress his boss by getting Emaline to show him the lay of the land in Colby.

After she finds out that Luke cheated on her, Emaline turns to Theo and experiences the summer romance she always wanted.

Except, her summer romance doesn't turn out to be what she thought it would be: she realizes Theo is selfish and has been using her for his own agenda.

Emaline also learns that her father and his wife are getting a divorce, which is why he couldn't pay for her college tuition.

At the start of the book she is in a relationship with local golden boy Luke who embodies the town of Colby.

Emaline later meets a film student from New York, an aspiring documentarist named Theo, who introduced her to all the wonders outside of Colby.

Benji and his parents briefly stay at the Poseidon, where McLean retreats to in What Happened to Goodbye.