30 March 2009

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

My mom says that I didn't sleep through the night until I was eight years old.
Bobby becomes a teenage father and events lead to his full custody of his daughter. The story flashes back between Bobby's life before the birth and after. It is a realistic account of what it is like to be the sole parent at age 16 of an infant.

Excellent book. It is short but effective in getting the point across - having a baby at age 16 is hard!

Johnson, A. (2003). The first part last. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Adults.
ISBN: 0689849222
131 pages



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