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99 pp.
| Darby Creek |
March, 2011 |
LibraryISBN 978-0-7613-6149-7$27.93
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PaperISBN 978-0-7613-6163-3$7.95
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YASurviving Southside series.
Lucy is looking forward to a bright future with her boyfriend Luke--until she gets pregnant. Now that future will include abortion, adoption, or keeping the baby; as Lucy acknowledges, "the choices all sucked." An ambiguous ending keeps readers guessing. The problem-novel text grows melodramatic, but reluctant readers may be drawn in by the high-interest (if simplistically treated) topic.