Angela Johnson
144 pgs
Simon Pulse (2004)
Subject Matter: new father, baby, school
Bobby is a single, teen father. At the young age of 16 he is terrified and overwhelmed with caring for his new baby. His mother does not want him to become dependent on her and refuses to help out more than is totally necessary. He is caring for this new child while trying to get himself through school so that he can graduate and get a job to provide for himself and this young child. The books switches back and forth between 'now' when this baby, Feather, fills his life with the joy that he so desperately needs, and 'then' when his girlfriend was pregnant, preparing to bring this little life into the world. The difficult decision of whether to keep the baby or give it up for adoption is a real problem and when Nia suffers from irreversible postpartum brain damage Bobby decides to take the child home.
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