Teen Parents
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Broken China China Cup Cameron might miss school or fall asleep in class sometimes, but she's trying hard to be a good mother to Amina, her two-year-old daughter. When tragedy befalls the small family, China must quit school and work full-time to make ends meet. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2006 subjects: Teenage Mothers, Mothers and Daughters, Single-Parent Families, Poor, Uncles, Death, African Americans, Funeral Rites and Ceremonies |
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Chill Wind Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school dropout Aisha tries to figure out how she can support herself and her two young children in New York City. awards: John Steptoe Award - Author 2003 subjects: Teenage Mothers, African Americans, Public Welfare, Mothers and Daughters, New York (City) |
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Dancing Naked Kia is sixteen and pregnant. She learns that the path to adulthood is confusing and filled with difficult choices, and must often be taken alone. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2003, ALA Popular Paperbacks 2005 subjects: Teenage Pregnancy, Adoption |
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The Dear One Twelve-year-old Feni has to adjust when the pregnant young daughter of an old friend of her mother's comes to stay with them. subjects: African Americans, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Unmarried Mothers, Lesbians |
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Don't Think Twice Seventeen years old and pregnant, Anne lives with other unwed mothers in a group home in rural Texas where she learns to be herself before giving her child up for adoption. subjects: Pregnancy, Unmarried Mothers, Adoption |
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The First Part Last Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2004, Capitol Choices List 2004, Tayshas Reading List 2005, Coretta Scott King Author Award 2004 subjects: Teenage Fathers, Teenage Parents, Father and Child, Babies, African Americans |
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Hanging On To Max When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him alone. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2003, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2003, Capitol Choices List 2002, Tayshas Reading List 2004, ALA Popular Paperbacks 2005 subjects: Teenage Parents, Teenage Fathers, Fathers and Sons |
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Imani All Mine Imani All Mine tells the story of Tasha, a fourteen-year-old unwed mother of a baby girl. In her ghettoized world where poverty, racism, and danger are daily struggles, Tasha uses her savvy and humor to uncover the good hidden around her. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2000, Alex Awards 2000, Tayshas Reading List 2002, ALA Popular Paperbacks 2005 subjects: Teenage Mothers, Inner Cities-New York, Drive-By Shootings |
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Mahalia When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores. subjects: Teenage Fathers, Father and Child, Single-Parent Family, Babies, Australia |
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One Night In this novel written in free verse and narrated by alternating characters, a teenaged girl decides to have her baby and care for it on her own after a "one night stand" results in pregnancy. awards: Tayshas Reading List 2006 subjects: Pregnancy, Teenage Mothers |
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Someone Like You Halley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship. awards: South Carolina: YA Book Award Nominees 2001 subjects: Pregnancy, Unmarried Mothers, Friendship |
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Spellbound Raven, a teenage mother and high school dropout living in a housing project, decides, with the help and sometime interference of her best friend Aisha, to study for a spelling bee which could lead to a college preparatory program and four-year scholarship. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2002, Garden State Teen Book Award Nominees 2004, Tayshas Reading List 2003 subjects: Best Friends, Teenage Mothers, High School Dropouts, African Americans |
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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl A confused seventeen-year-old girl, a single mother and her young son, two elderly women, and a sad and lonely man, with their own individual tragedies to bear, come together in a small Manitoba town and find a way to a better future. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2004, Capitol Choices List 2004, SLJ Best Books for Children 2003 subjects: Interpersonal Relations, City and Town Life, Manitoba, Canada |
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The White Horse In her writing for a concerned teacher, sixteen-year-old Raina reveals her troubles with a dysfunctional family, life on the streets, drug abuse, and finally an unplanned pregnancy. subjects: Family Problems, Emotional Problems, Unmarried Mothers, Teacher-Student Relationships |
List updated October 2006—Patti Cook
