teenage pregnancy

Presents a collection of personal narratives regarding teenage pregnancy.

Describes the female body's changes during puberty and provides information and guidance for young girls on sexuality, intercourse, the decision to become sexually active, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and related issues such as harassment and rape.

Offers advice to teenage girls who find themselves unmarried and pregnant, identifying some of the emotions they may feel upon learning of their pregnancy, exploring options for continuing or terminating the pregnancy, and discussing support systems, how to tell others, the experience of pregnancy, and birth control.

Examines the decision-making experiences of teens considering abortion, discussing their rights to an abortion, the Supreme Court's efforts to protect teens' rights to choose, and state laws imposing parental involvement in the decision.

Contains twenty-six articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to teen pregnancy and parenting, addressing questions about whether teen pregnancy is a serious problem, what factors contribute to teen pregnancy, the effectiveness of sex education programs, alternatives to teen parenting, and the social view of teen parenting.

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.

Discusses what factors can put teenagers at risk for suicide, teen pregnancy, gang violence, drugs, and other dangers.

Allie, failing school and fearing she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, decides there is no way she can face her always fighting parents and decides to run away, but she gets a different perspective on her life and future when a tornado hits, destroying her home and injuring her mother.

Philip Chase moves back home with his mother who is still grieving over the death of Ronnie, her younger son five years previous, but life makes an unusual turn when Ronnie's high school girlfriend shows up nine months pregnant with Ronnie's child.

Lucy, a fourteen-year-old high school freshman, experiences the happiness and confusion of dating a popular older boy, changing relationships with life-long friends, and sharing a bedroom with her older brother's pregnant girlfriend.