adanceforthree

A Dance for Three, by Louise Plummer ISBN: 0-385-32511-8 c2000 230 pages R.L. 4.1 Points-8

Good sections to read aloud: -middle of page 55 until the middle of page 56 (where she tells Milo that she is pregnant)

Summary: Hannah becomes pregnant at the young age of 15 with the first love of her life, Milo. Milo comes from a very wealthy family and is one of the most popular boys in the senior class, whereas Hannah comes from a lower level class and isn’t a very popular girl. She is afraid to tell Milo when she first finds out, and finally, when she does, he treats her horribly saying that it isn’t his problem...he used protection, though Hannah knows the first time he didn’t. She finds out that she is going to have to “face the music” on her own and that it isn’t going to be easy being a teenage mother.

YA Fiction--teen issues; pregnancy; mental illness; family problems; mothers and daughters

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