Year Published: 2002
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
ISBN: 9780761315797
Pages: 142
Media Type : Book
Classification: Fiction
Genre:
Interest Level: 9-12
Reading Level: 5
Subjects: Teenage parents, Teenage fathers, Father-son relationship
Reader's Annotation: When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, 17- year-old Sam is determined to keep and raise him alone.
Summary: At 17, Sam Pettigrew has an unusual responsibility - his baby son, Max. Sam and Max live with Sam's father. Sam attends a high school with on-site childcare and watches Max in his school hours. Sam's father will support Sam and Max until Sam finishes high school. After that, Sam must work for a construction company owned by family friend. Although Sam is a good student, the idea of college angers his father, who sees it as an abrogation of Sam's responsibility. When Sam meets old friend, Claire, also a teen parent, he begins to emerge from the social exile he's felt since taking on Max, and he discovers a home situation more supportive than his own. Eventually, Sam makes some important decisions about the future, which angers Claire but allow others to move beyond the past. It's unusual to find a boy in the teen single-parent role, but this story is both realistic and perceptive and the characters are fully realized, speaking and acting with authenticity and individuality. - Booklist 2002
Personal Notes:
Warning:
Reviews and Awards: Kirkus Reviews (4/15/02)
Genre:
Interest Level: 9-12
Reading Level: 5
Subjects: Teenage parents, Teenage fathers, Father-son relationship
Reader's Annotation: When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away, 17- year-old Sam is determined to keep and raise him alone.
Summary: At 17, Sam Pettigrew has an unusual responsibility - his baby son, Max. Sam and Max live with Sam's father. Sam attends a high school with on-site childcare and watches Max in his school hours. Sam's father will support Sam and Max until Sam finishes high school. After that, Sam must work for a construction company owned by family friend. Although Sam is a good student, the idea of college angers his father, who sees it as an abrogation of Sam's responsibility. When Sam meets old friend, Claire, also a teen parent, he begins to emerge from the social exile he's felt since taking on Max, and he discovers a home situation more supportive than his own. Eventually, Sam makes some important decisions about the future, which angers Claire but allow others to move beyond the past. It's unusual to find a boy in the teen single-parent role, but this story is both realistic and perceptive and the characters are fully realized, speaking and acting with authenticity and individuality. - Booklist 2002
Personal Notes:
Warning:
Reviews and Awards: Kirkus Reviews (4/15/02)
School Library Journal (5/02)
Booklist (5/1/02
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