Del Norte Public Library

Presents multiple viewpoints surrounding teen pregnancy, including the factors behind teen pregnancy, the best approach to reduce teen pregnancy, and the impact on teen mothers and fathers.

A couple is desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother is about to make the biggest decision of her life. Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college and taking the first steps towards his dream--a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of high school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention--and heart--from day one. Elise has her...

"This thorough, concise guide offers straight talk about: The male and female body as it changes and matures. Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy, supportive, positive, and meaningful connections with family, friends, and others. Identity empowerment: how to be authentic and thrive in today's world. Sex and sexuality for boys and girls: how teens should take care of their bodies, embrace their experiences, and strengthen self-esteem....

Discusses adoption as an option for pregnant young women who do not have the resources to parent well, exploring how such a solution could affect the birthmother, the child, and the father.

Told in two voices, Luli and Yun, raised in an orphanage to age sixteen, work together in a factory until Yun, pregnant, disappears and Luli must confront the dangers of the outside world to find her. Includes facts about China's One-Child Policy and its effects. Gujiao, China, 2009. Luli has aged out of the orphanage, and her friend Yun helps her get work at a factory. Yun has new clothes, a cell phone, and a boyfriend. But word is Yung is a bride...

In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.

Luci remembers how the boys kissed her. She remembers how they touched her and told her she was beautiful. Sometimes she can hear their voices in her head, begging her for more. And she can remember how it felt when she gave it to them. For a while anyway. But when she finds out that she is pregnant she has to face her father and the dark family secret that he's been hiding. Ultimately, she decides to abort the baby. Will she ever be at peace with...

"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.

Presents information for young people on twenty-one alphabetized topics related to sex, including sex in the media, sex and the law, sexual arousal, sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptives, and the cost of pregnancy and childbirth, and includes statistics, teenagers' personal stories, and question-and-answer sections.

" Jasmine is a 19-year-old college freshman studying accounting at UNLV--and a professional dancer in Las Vegas. After being date-raped by the director of her show, Jasmine gets pregnant. She tries to keep the baby and support it on her own, but is finding it hard. She no longer can practice enough to be a great dancer, and drops out of school. After a fateful decision, she is forced to acknowledge that she can't take care of her daughter and gives...