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Summary: A compelling Tale! A true life struggle
Review: This is a story about a girl named Emmy's struggle through real life issues as a young adult of fifteen years old. This story portrays love, heartbreak and everyday conflict of teenagers. It begins with Emmy, straight A student, has two, perfect best friends and a loving relations ship with her upperclassman, boyfriend Art. She seems to have everything going her way except a relationship with her mother, an open alcoholic, and with a brother who's always in and out of jail due to drugs inhabitation. Emmy, after facing the facts of her unplanned pregnancy finds her life going downhill. Emmy's once loving boyfriend Art breaks up with her in fear of ruining his life, and the lose of her two best friends due to the embarrassment of her struggles. The character Emmy showed strong will power to succeed and overcome her challenges. For example, when Emmy was faced with the responsibility of an unborn life continued academically in search of her new future after giving birth. I believe that Emmy put up with a lot of stereotypical judgment from other characters in the story including her mother, boyfriend, best friends, and the community itself. For instance, when Emmy decided to keep her baby her mother went nearly distraught and refuses to help her. The story uses a lot of insightful and detailed description on what is going through Emmy's head for example, Emmy once said, " I felt the catch in my throat, the gaping emptiness, before he even said what I knew was coming." (p. 96) I didn't enjoy the way the author displayed the climax in the story. For instance, the author used many extreme conflicts in the story, which made the climax unclear and hard to come across. I enjoyed the way the author used issues as main inconsistencies as well as invoices on other characters points of view. For instance, the author showed great detail in the way Emmy's mother didn't agree with her daughter decisions on keeping the baby. I thought this was a gratifying book and I think the author not only used true issues but also made them personal. The author used interesting elements to keep the pages turning. Therefore, I would definitely recommend this book to all readers as well as her other great novels, The Telling, and Beyond Dreams.
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Summary: THIS IS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK. I HIGHLY RECOM. IT!!
Review: THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO GETS PREGNANT AND HAS NO ONE TO TURN TO. HER BOYFRIEND WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH HER AND HER MOTHER WANTS HER TO GET AN ABORTION. IT SHOWS WHAT IT IS TRULY LIKE TO GO THROUGH LIFE BEING A PREGNANT TEEN. IT WAS A GREAT BOOK AND I RECOMEND IT TO EVERYONE!
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Summary: A wake up call to all of young america
Review: To tell you the truth, the first time I read this book, I couldn't help but cry. I was only 16 myself at the time and very naive to the ways of the world, especially sex. To read this story and imagine a girl as young as myself going through such adult situations was a huge wake up call. This story was nothing short of an excellent portrayl of one girl's struggle with a broken home, little family support, an alcoholic mother, first love, first rejection, and becoming the "oldest 16 year old in the world" by missing all the activities that such a young girl should be partaking in. This story truly touched me and made me very cautious in all my decisions thus far. I applaud the author for her excellent portrayl of Emmy and her way of not "sugar coating" what really happens with teen pregnancy. This was, by far, the most fantastic book I read as a teenager. I highly recommend it to anyone, not only teens, but mothers of teens, preteen girls and even boys.
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Summary: good book of reality
Review: Very good story line. Good book for young adults. If you think this book is too explicit, then you need to walk down the halls of a public middle school and overhear some of the conversations going on. They need the read and be aware of the consequences of their actions. Parents could discuss this book with their teen instead of running from the truth.
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