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In the wake of Adam's death, Delia and her baby are endangered by Señor Bovio, Adam's father, who will do anything to gain control of his grandson, and Delia finds herself trapped in the battle of her life for her own safety and that of her son.

"In this story, Susan Straight takes us back to the multiracial area of southern California that is, in Faulkner's phrase, her "postage stamp of soil." As in her highly acclaimed earlier novels, she has created a world of richly imagined characters struggling to retain their dignity and humanity in an often brutal environment." "Serafina is fifteen, a Mexican Indian girl desperate to leave her impoverished existence in Oaxaca. Emigrating illegally...

"The Heavenstone sisters live with their mother and father in a grand old mansion in bluegrass Kentucky. Semantha, the younger and prettier one, is afraid of so many things... But nothing frightens her more than her sister, Cassie. She is older and wiser, and always telling Semantha what to do, what to wear, and how to behave around those wicked boys at school. Semantha has her eye on one special guy, but Cassie has other plans for her... Then tragedy...

Shawna, an 18-year-old living in Oakland, California waits to have sex for the very first time with her longtime boyfriend, Philippe. When protection fails, she becomes pregnant. Philippe wants her to abort the baby but she can't go through with it. Shawna's mother, Vivian carries a dark secret of her own. and surprises everyone with an announcement that shakes the foundations of both families. Shawna finds juggling motherhood and college extremely...

"Candace, a 17-year-old high school senior, is a smart girl who attends an elite prep school and is on her way to Princeton. She hopes her walk on the wild side will both punish and attract the attention of her very absent parents when she finds herself pregnant. Faced with the reality of leaving her innocence, Candace struggles to choose the right path--motherhood or the Ivy League?"--Provided by publisher.

When Allie fears she is pregnant, she leaves home with Razz, a skateboard champion. Returning home she is caught up in a tornado that threatens to destroy everything. She learsn to believe in herself and face her future.

Willful, outspoken, and precariously naive, thirteen-year-old AnnMarie Walker dreams of a world beyond Far Rockaway, where the sway of the neighborhood keeps her tied to old ideas about success. Then one day, while attending a high school for pregnant girls, she comes across a flyer advertising movie auditions in Manhattan for an independent film. Astonishingly, improbably, and four months before she's due to give birth--she lands a lead role. For...

Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.

Isabella and Carlos live in St. Louis, Missouri--and are totally in love. They are 18 and finishing their senior year of high school when they decide to have a baby and get married. Carlos joins the military to support his new family. But when tragedy strikes, Isabella is left completely devastated and forced to raise her child alone. A year later, she is reunited with Pete, a boy she knew in high school. For a while, she thinks she's found a second...

En el Quebec de los a©łos 50, franceses e ingleses se toleran a duras penas; tal como sucede entre los padres de Maggie. El padre de Maggie es un angloparlante con grandes ambiciones para su hija que no incluyen un matrimonio con Gabriel Ph©♭nix, un joven franc©♭s y pobre que vive en la granja de al lado. Sin embargo, el coraz©đn de Maggie le pertenece por completo. Cuando queda embarazada a los quince a©łos, sus padres la obligan a dar...