Sixteen
year old Neema tells her mother that her mom’s boyfriend is touching her
and her mom kicks Neema out of their house. Shocked and seeking safety,
Neema goes to her boyfriend’s house and his family reluctantly takes her
in. Neema finds solace in her boyfriend’s arms, misses two days of
birth control pills, and realizes several short chapters later that she
is now pregnant. How she handles this situation makes up the rest of
the story. A tightly paced hi-lo alternative for Bluford fans, reading
specialists and ELA teachers will want to know about this title for teen
girls ready for chapter books and looking to build their stamina. An
interesting compare and contrast on the theme of teen parenthood may be
done with Williams-Garcia’s Like Sisters on the Homefront and Porter’s Imani All Mine, as well as Johnson’s The First Part Last.--Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Tillit, L. B. 2 Days. Costa Mesa: Saddleback Publishing, 2012.
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