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1	Let the Great World Spin more books like this by Colum McCann add to wishlist McCann's most ambitious work to date offers a dazzling and hauntingly rich vision of the loveliness, pain, and mystery of life in New York City in the 1970s. see all copies from $9.26! new only from $9.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good more books like this by Beverly Donofrio add to wishlist 'Trouble began in 1963. I'm not blaming it on President Kennedy's assassination or its being the beginning of the sixties or the Vietnam War or The Beatles...The trouble I'm talking about was my first real trouble, the age-old trouble. The getting in trouble as in ' Is she in trouble?' trouble. As in pregnant. As in the girl who got pregnant in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Make Lemonade more books like this by Virginia Euwer Wolff add to wishlist Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn lives in the projects with her mother. Although poor, college is definitely in LaVaughn's future if she can make the money to supplement the bills. In an effort to raise funds, she takes a job babysitting for the two children of a 17-year-old single mother named Jolly. As LaVaughn gets involved with Jolly and her life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Petropolis more books like this by Anya Ulinich add to wishlist In her stunning debut novel, Ulinich delivers a funny and unforgettable story of a Russian mail-order bride trying to find her place in America. "Petropolis" is a deeply moving story about the unexpected connections that create a family and the faraway places that people end up calling home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Impossible more books like this by Nancy Werlin add to wishlist Inspired by the ballad Scarborough Fair, popularized by Simon & Garfunkel, this riveting novel combines suspense, fantasy, and romance. It tells the story of a teenage girl who has nine months to break an ancient curse in order to save both herself and her unborn daughter. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom more books like this by Tricia Goyer add to wishlist Many young moms between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two face the unique challenges of juggling school and single parenthood. Life Interrupted offers hope and help with practical ways to create a better life for herself and her child see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.24! \| SVS
7	The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom more books like this by Katherine Arnoldi, Kathrine Arnoldi add to wishlist An inspirational and poignant pictorial memoir that chronicles a teenage mother's sentimental education, as told through cartoons and searing text. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $26.25! \| first editions
8	A Mortal Curiosity more books like this by Ann Granger add to wishlist It's 1864 and Lizzie Martin is leaving London for the south coast of England to be the companion of Lucy Craven, a teenager who lives in seclusion with her aunts and has recently lost an infant daughter to illness. En route, Lizzie meets Doctor Lefebre, a slightly off-putting gentleman headed for the same destination. Lefebre, it turns out, is an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair more books like this by Susan Sheehan add to wishlist With the same acute observation, humor, and compassion she brought to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Is There No Place on Earth for Me?. Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage through the child-welfare system. A searing account of poverty, addiction, and abuse which poses inescapable questions about our society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	You Look Too Young to Be a Mom: Teen Mothers on Love, Learning, and Success more books like this by Deborah Davis (Editor) add to wishlist Davis presents firsthand accounts and words of wisdom from dozens of women who defied the negative stereotypes about teen moms, found encouragement and support, and discovered their own paths to happiness and success. see all copies from $3.67! new only from $11.50! \| first editions
11 view cover	Kendra more books like this by Coe Booth add to wishlist As she did in her debut novel "Tyrell," an "LA Times" Book-prize winner, Booth creates the vivid voice of a teen trying to find her place in the world, even though nothing (not family, not friendship, not sex, not love) is what she thought it would be. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.37! \| SVS
12 view cover	Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: One Family's Passage Through the Child Welfare System more books like this by Susan Sheehan add to wishlist With the same acute observation, humor, and compassion she brought to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Is There No Place on Earth for Me?. Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage through the child-welfare system. A searing account of poverty, addiction, and abuse which poses inescapable questions about our society. see all copies from $2.64! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Growing Up Fast more books like this by Joanna Lipper add to wishlist Psychologist/documentary filmmaker Lipper profiles the troubled lives of several young women in the faltering city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who have become mothers at a young age. Her research considers factors such as Pittsfield's economic downturn, their troubled home environments, the babies' fathers' refusal to take responsibility, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Dreams to Reality: Help for Young Moms-Education, Career, and Life Choices more books like this by Laura Haskins-Bookser add to wishlist This story shows the importance of keeping hope alive, even when it seems impossible--when the hard work of parenting is compounded by the unfinished business of growing up and making plans for the future. Without judgment, this book lays out helpful guidelines and possible pitfalls that face a young, single woman who cares for her child but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.05! \| SVS
15 view cover	Girls in Trouble more books like this by Caroline Leavitt add to wishlist When Sara, age 16, gives birth to a baby, she moves in with the adoptive parents who will eventually take the child: a classic open adoption. But Sara balks, takes off with the baby, is brought home by her parents, and finally gives up the child. Years later, she encounters her old boyfriend--the father--and determines to find her daughter, baby ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option: Adoption from the Birthparents Perspective more books like this by Jeanne Warren Lindsay, Jamie Moffett (Illustrator) add to wishlist A guide to placing children for adoption, including negotiating visiting rights, how to navigate through adoption agencies, choosing the adoptive parents, preparation for grief, and the many legal issues that adoption entails. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.94!
17 view cover	Pregnant Bodies, Fertile Minds: Gender, Race and the Schooling of Pregnant Teens more books like this by Wendy Luttrell add to wishlist " This picture represents the way I feel. I feel like a big, heavy ball that can't move. I can't pick up things - I can't do what I usually would do, like go out. People look at me as if they never been feeling like this before..." Tonya Nicholson, teen mother Everyone has a theory about teenage pregnancy. Wendy Luttrell offers an alternate view ... see all copies from $40.80! new only from $40.80!
18 view cover	Waiting for Love more books like this by Rosie Harris add to wishlist A life full of shattered hopes...Brenda O'Donnell is turned out by her family when she finds herself pregnant at sixteen. Widowed Sid Rawlins, the rag-and-bone man, says she can come and live with him and he will give her child a name in return for her running his home and looking after his children. Despite the gossip a desperate Brenda has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.26! \| SVS
19	Before Their Time: Four Generations of Teenage Mothers more books like this by Joelle Sander, Daryl Sander add to wishlist A young black woman, her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother tell about their childhoods and their lives, and how they all became teenage mothers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Teen Moms: The Pain and the Promise more books like this by Evelyn Lerman, Jami Moffett (Illustrator) add to wishlist This work is for ages 14+. It is an invaluable resource for facts and ideas for action that should be of interest to young people and adults who work with them. The text represents two years of interviews with 50 teens who were either pregnant or had children, as well as excellent background research on the subject. Lerman begins with a discussion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Nurturing Your Newborn: Young Parents' Guide to Babys First Month more books like this by Jeanne Warren Lindsay, Jean Brunelli, PHN add to wishlist Providing specific information that teen parents need during that special and sometimes frustrating postpartum period, this book is designed to help parents get acquainted with their newborn. The chapters are filled with succinct information on 'what's normal' for keeping baby comfortable, including breastfeeding, guarding baby's health, taking ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Planet Pregnancy more books like this by Linda Oatman High, III add to wishlist For sixteen-year-old Sahara, life and death and everything in between depends on the color of a little stick. She waits three long minutes, praying to Jesus, Mary, and all the saints that the stick will turn blue, meaning she isnt pregnant. Instead, the stick turns pink and Saharas life is changed in a heart beat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.79!
23 view cover	Books, Babies and School-Age Parents: How to Teach Pregnant and Parenting Teens to Succeed more books like this by Jeanne Warren Lindsay, Sharon Enright add to wishlist Through the development of special services, teen parents can be kept in school and the drain on personal, family, and public resources and the lifelong heartaches that result from dropping out of school can be avoided. This book is written for educators and others who want to go beyond lamenting teen pregnancies and dropouts, and get on with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $195.04!
24 view cover	Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors more books like this by Helena Silverstein add to wishlist The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that states may require parental involvement in the abortion decisions of pregnant minors as long as minors have the opportunity to petition for a "bypass" of parental involvement. To date, virtually all of the thirty-four states that mandate parental involvement have put judges in charge of the bypass process. ... see all copies from $9.87! new only from $26.40! \| SVS
25 view cover	An Actual Life more books like this by Abigail Thomas add to wishlist Virginia, Buddy, and their baby are spending the summer at Buddy's aunt's home in New Jersey where he was raised. Buddy's old girlfriend, Irene, also lives there with her husband, another old friend of Buddy's. As the two couples begin to spend time together, the real story of Buddy and Irene is revealed. Virginia is increasingly jealous, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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