YA Resources on Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood
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compiled by Dawn Sheriff (sheriffde@worldnet.att.net)
from posts to YALSA-BK, July 2000

Fiction Titles:

Someone to Love by Frances Lantz.
BAD ANGEL by Helen Benedict
Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
I See the Moon by C. B. Christiansen
The White Horse by Cynthia D. Grant
Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck (1972)
The Dear One by Jacqueline Woodson
If Not For You by Margaret Willey
No More Saturday Nights by Norma Klein
He's my Baby Now by Jeanette Eyerly
A House for Johnny O by Blosson Elfman
Dear Nobody by B. Doherty
Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones by Ann Head
SIGNS & WONDERS by Pat Lowery Collins
Imani All Mine by Connie Porter
Someone Like You -- Sarah Dessen
A Dance for Three by Louise Plummer
Doll Baby by Eve Bunting (Clarion, $15) a book aimed at very, very young 
  pregnant teens.
"What Kind of Love: the Diary of a Pregnant Teenager" by Sheila Cole.
A Detour For Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
Too Soon for Jeff by ?
Don't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker
Where the Heart is by Billie Letts
The Dear One by Jacqueline Woodson
Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty
Losing Louisa by Judith Caseley
Perfect Family by Oughton
Dance for Three by Louise Plummer

Nonfiction Titles:

MY BABY & MY PROMISE by Joan Lowery Nixon
Baby Help by Marilyn Reynolds=20
The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom by Katherine Arnoldi, 
  (Hyperion, 1998, $16) a graphic novel that tells the very affecting 
  story of a girl who found the courage to make something of her life in 
  spite of a pregnancy from a rape.
Dear Diary, I'm Pregnant: Teenagers Talk About Their Pregnancy
Annie's Baby: Diary of a Pregnant Teenager
The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Library
Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey: How to Take Care of Yourself and 
  Your Newborn If You're a Pregnant Teen by Jeanne Lindsay
What Now?: Help for Pregnant Teens

Short Stories:

"My Sweet Sixteenth" by Brenda Wilkinson & "The Child" by Julius Lester 
  in Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young 
  Adults (Edited by Don Gallo, 1993)
"Wishing It Away" by Rita Williams-Garcia in No Easy Answers (Edited by 
  Don Gallo 1997)

Websites:

http://www.clpgh.org/ein/ya/yaparent.html
http://www.teencybercenter.org/
http://www.smartgirl.com/results/trwaboutsmartgirl.html
http://www.slj.com/articles/articles/20000301_7406.asp