Awards
Winner of the 2004 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults
Angela Johnson has truly written an award winning book. Bobby and Nia are two teens in New York. They become sexually active with one another. Nia becomes pregnant with a baby. There present, past and future plans become tumbled like clothes in a dryer. All of a sudden their lives are headed in a totally different direction than what they would have chosen for themselves. Their parents become involved and shocked. Social workers become involved. Nothing seems clear. Life has become a blur. I recommend this book to all teenagers and parents and grandparents. It's a rich book on so many different levels. What happens to Bobby and Nia? What choices do they make? I won't tell. I will say you will remember Feather, Nia, Bobby, Heaven, Ohio and you must have kleenexes available. Angela Johnson knows how to move the heart.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
the first part last by Angela Johnson
Awards
Winner of the 2004 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults
Angela Johnson has truly written an award winning book. Bobby and Nia are two teens in New York. They become sexually active with one another. Nia becomes pregnant with a baby. There present, past and future plans become tumbled like clothes in a dryer. All of a sudden their lives are headed in a totally different direction than what they would have chosen for themselves. Their parents become involved and shocked. Social workers become involved. Nothing seems clear. Life has become a blur. I recommend this book to all teenagers and parents and grandparents. It's a rich book on so many different levels. What happens to Bobby and Nia? What choices do they make? I won't tell. I will say you will remember Feather, Nia, Bobby, Heaven, Ohio and you must have kleenexes available. Angela Johnson knows how to move the heart.
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That really does sound like a great book for teens!
ReplyDeleteI think so too. It's not preachy. It just tells a story about life not being easy once a teen takes the step of becoming a parent. The ending is really shocking. Thanks for coming by.
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