pregnancyproject

__ The Pregnancy Project __ by Gaby Rodriguez ISBN: 978-1-4424-4622-9 ©2012 218 pages

p. 33 when Gaby realizes that she does not want to take the same path her family members have pp. 78-79 where her ‘plan’ takes fold (Preg-not)
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In this true story, Gaby Rodriguez pretends to be pregnant as part of a senior project. She knew from a young age that she didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of her mother and other family members who had babies out of wedlock and at a young age. She was determined to finish school, make something out of herself, and then start a family when she was ready. She WILL do that someday (as of now, she is in college). As her senior year of high school was getting closer and closer, she wanted to pitch the idea of faking a pregnancy to get real reactions. She had to do so with the blessing of her mother, boyfriend, and current principal (who became the superintendent the following year). She worked extremely hard to make the ‘pregnancy’ real, even finding a mentor at a center that works with pregnant teens. She did not tell any other family members, including her boyfriend’s parents. Boy, did they flip out! She did, however, tell one staff member at the school and one close friend. She needed ‘informants’ in order to complete the paper associated with the project. After the big ‘reveal’ in April of her senior year, she became somewhat of a ‘celebrity.’ Talk shows were calling for interviews. Those local people could hardly get her to talk to them. Tune in for a true story that is quite moving, and quite honestly, **something to talk about**. J
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YA nonfiction: teenage pregnancy; stereotypes; project; Senior year; high school


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