Books About Teen Pregnancy and Parenting

  FICTION

Anonymous. Annie’s Baby: Diary of a Pregnant Teen.

Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max.

Benedict, Helen. Bad Angel.

Bunting, Eve. Doll Baby.

Caseley, Judith. Losing Louisa.

Christiansen, C.B. I See the Moon.

Cole, Sheila. What Kind of Love: the Diary of a Pregnant Teenager.

Collins, Pat Lowery. Signs and Wonders.

Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You.

Doherty. B. Dear Nobody.

Elfman, Blossom. A House for Johnny O.

Eyerly, Jeanetee. He’s My Baby Now.

Grant, Cynthia D. The White Horse.

Head, Jo Ann. Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones.

Klein, Norma. No More Saturday Nights.

Lantz, Frances. Someone to Love.

Letts, Billie. Where the Heart Is.

Oughton. Perfect Family.

Peck, Richard. Don’t Look and It Won’t Hurt.

Pennebaker, Ruth. Don’t Think Twice.

Plummer, Louis. A Dance for Three.

Porter, Connie. Imani All Mine.

Reynolds, Marilyn. A Detour for Emmy.

Wiley, Margaret. If Not for You.

Williams-Garcia, Rita. Like Sisters on the Homefront.

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make Lemonade.

Woodson, Jacqueline. The Dear One.

NON-FICTION

Arnoldi, Katherine. The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom

Nixon, Joan Lowery. My Baby and My Promise.

Reynolds, Marilyn. Baby Help.

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