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.
Pregnant, overweight, and convinced about her inherent bad luck, Novalee Nation hopes for a new life in a new state with her boyfriend but is dumped along the way in Oklahoma, where she finds her spirit renewed.
Discusses the many decisions and considerations faced by pregnant teens, including the fact of getting pregnant, abortion, prenatal examinations and care, counseling, and psychological pressures.
Contains twenty essays that examine topics related to teen pregnancy, discussing the realities of teen sexual activity and pregnancy, prevention and reduction, and pregnancy options, and includes five first-person accounts from young mothers.
The diary of a pregnant fourteen-year-old girl, recounts her struggle to cope with her situation and includes a list of resources for girls and a question-and-answer section.
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.
Draws from interviews with over fifty single mothers between the ages of thirteen and twenty-three in an attempt to identify the common factors that led them into early sex and pregnancy, and discusses the issues they face as young parents.
