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    <body><![CDATA[The First Part Last<br/><br/>This book is about a boy name Bobby and his girlfriend Nia. Bobby is about to be a father and dosen't know what to do. I would recommend this book to any teen mothers or teen fathers that are struggling through this world. My favorite character is Bobby because he stoo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45570993">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Johnson, Angela. <em>The First Part Last,</em> Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 131 pages, urban fiction chapter book, Printz Award and Coretta Scott King Award winner. <br/><br/>Description: A teenaged boy named Bobby comes to terms with the fact that he is now a father. His girlfriend and the mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38051412">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The First Part Last is a very inspiring and thoughtful story. It's about a teenage boy named Bobby who gets a girl named Nia pregnant. He struggles between giving his baby up for adoption or keeping it. When Nia goes into a coma during her labor, he decides to keep it to have a part of her with him....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36399874">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The First Part Last by Angela Johnson, is a great book about a boy named Bobby. He and his girlfriend Nia are having a baby and they’re only 16 years old. They are confused about what to do with the baby. They don’t know whether to keep the baby or put it up for adoption. In the story bobby is t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10846904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a boy named Bobby who is a teenager that is going to be a father.He has to make a very tough decision whether he wants to keep his baby or give her up for adoption.He really cares for the mother of his baby and in the book he says &quot;shouldn't I go with you the first time&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36921068">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I ABSOLUTLEY LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!! This book is great it took me all of 24 hours to read it, and it kept me hanging of the edge of my seat every time i picked it up to read. Angela johnson did a great job mixing a love story with a problem that two teenagers  had to face in their lives,(A BABY)!!!!!!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32934577">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  I liked how it went from the past to the present.  It really gave you insight on how it would be to raise a baby when you're a kid yourself.  It showed what it would be like to have all your life pretty much taken away because of a baby.  It made you happy at parts and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23594360">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The title of my book is “the first part last” by: Angela Johnson. The main characters in this book are Bobby and Nia. Bobby is a young teenage boy who lives in a big city and loves doing the things any ordinary guy would like to do; hang out with his friends and talk about girls. Nia is also a t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69262924">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever. Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, adoption. They want to do the right thing. <p>If only it was clear what the right thing was.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, The First Part Last is an incredible book! I loved this story so much. I haven’t been so emotionally affected by a book in a long time — probably not since The Book Thief or The Time Traveler’s Wife.  This title was definitely deserving of the 2004 Michael L. Printz Award, and I will be s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58074125">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This short, spare book is a beautiful portrait of a young, 16 year old father named Bobby living in New York and the struggles he faces as he tries to be a good parent to his baby while surviving high school.  Angela Johnson wastes no words in this simply told story.  She alternates chapters depicti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56861655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[“This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom's room and have her do the whole thing.” That’s my favorite quote in First Part Last because it shows that precious things come with much responsib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72991796">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[                  First Part Last is about a 16 year old boy named Bobby who became a teenage father by making his girlfreind Nia pregant. Knowing this Bobby leaves his normal life by preparing to be a father. He also helps Nia as much possable such as traveling across Mahatten to  her cravings. Bob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70442316">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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