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The First Part Last Hardcover - 2003
by Angela Johnson
With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson tells the story of a teen father's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it.
Summary
This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom's room and have her do the whole thing.
It's not going to happen....
Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy -- impulsive, eager, restless. On his sixteenth birthday he gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever. She's pregnant. Bobby's going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and hanging with friends no longer seem important as they're replaced by visits to Nia's obstetrician and a social worker who says that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put their baby up for adoption.
With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson looks at the male side of teen pregnancy as she delves into one young man's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. No matter what the cost.
It's not going to happen....
Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy -- impulsive, eager, restless. On his sixteenth birthday he gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever. She's pregnant. Bobby's going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and hanging with friends no longer seem important as they're replaced by visits to Nia's obstetrician and a social worker who says that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put their baby up for adoption.
With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson looks at the male side of teen pregnancy as she delves into one young man's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. No matter what the cost.
Details
- Title The First Part Last
- Author Angela Johnson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
- Date 2003-06-01
- ISBN 9780689849220 / 0689849222
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 4.74 x 0.67 in (20.07 x 12.04 x 1.70 cm)
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- Grade levels 7 - 12
- Reading level 790
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Babies, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002036512
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 03/15/2004, Page 1282
- ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's, 03/15/2004, Page 1293
- Black Issues Book Review, 11/01/2003, Page 76
- Booklist, 02/15/2004, Page 1073
- Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2004, Page 779
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2003, Page 18
- Ebony, 06/01/2003, Page 21
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 384
- Kirkus Review - Children, 06/01/2003, Page 805
- Kliatt, 05/01/2003, Page 10
- Publishers Weekly, 06/16/2003, Page 73
- Qbr the Black Book Review, 09/01/2003, Page 30
- School Library Journal, 10/01/2004, Page 0
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2003, Page 136
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