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A Girl Named Mister

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My boyfriend used to think
it was cute,
a girl named Mister.
Used to think I was cute.
Used to be my boyfriend
what feels like
a million years ago.
Then again, I used to be a good Christian girl,
the kind who would never, well...
Just goes to show
how little people know.
Even I was surprised by me.
Now, I close my eyes
hoping to see
exactly where I went wrong.

Mary Rudine, c...more

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Published August 24th 2010 by Zondervan (first published August 6th 2010)

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Dec 14, 2010 Lady rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian-fiction, all-time-favs, ebook

A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes

Mary Rudine also known as Mister, is a young Christian girl, and is determined to save her special gift for her betrothed. She wears a purity ring to symbolize her vow. When she meets handsome and long eye-lashed, Trey, she is tempted to give in. No longer able to resist, Trey’s charms, her resolve melts. Afterwards, she struggles to be the Christian girl she believes no longer exists, and the aftermath of her decision.

When I first began, I wasn’t sure if I wou...more

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Nov 29, 2011 K rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, young-adult, spirituality, poetry, read-in-2010, fiction, religion

“Punishment”
What else would you call it?
I know girls who have sex every day
and walk away.
Me, I break God’s law once,
and look what it gets me. (121)

I received a copy of A Girl Named Mister through GoodReads.com’s FirstReads giveaway program. One point in this book’s favor: it is a quick and easy read. (I breezed through it in about two hours.) This is due to the fact that the book is written in verse, so even though it is 223 pages in length, consider the fact that about 50% of each page is clean...more

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Jan 12, 2011 Tina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Tina by: Goodreads

Shelves: 2011, contemporary, christian, verse, ya

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I'm not a poetry person. When I was younger, I tried my hand at writing some poems because I wanted to be a writer. I started off with the poems with correct syllables and enough rhymes, and then I graduated to free verse poems which didn't have the same poetic tone that other poems I read do. When I got to college and joined our literary folio, I decided that I am not a poet, and while I appreciate some poems every now and then, I would really rather read prose.

I c...more Original post at One More Page

I'm not a poetry person. When I was younger, I tried my hand at writing some poems because I wanted to be a writer. I started off with the poems with correct syllables and enough rhymes, and then I graduated to free verse poems which didn't have the same poetic tone that other poems I read do. When I got to college and joined our literary folio, I decided that I am not a poet, and while I appreciate some poems every now and then, I would really rather read prose.

I can't really remember why I joined the Goodreads contest for A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes. I think I was too excited to join giveaways then, and I was just clicking on "enter" whenever I see it's a genre or an author or even a publisher I'd like. I'm not always lucky with giveaways, so color me surprised when I found out I won this book. I got kind of hesitant when I found out that this was a novel in verse, but a free book is still a free book. Of course, the book was sent to my dad (and it kind of took forever to get there), and I wasn't able to get it until he stopped over in the country last weekend before heading to China for a company event.

A Girl Named Mister is a novel in verse about a 14-year-old girl named Mary Rudine, nicknamed "Mister" for her initials. She's your typical Christian teenager who grew up in church: she's a part of the choir, her best friends were from church and she believes in preserving her purity for marriage. Then she meets Trey, whose beautiful eyelashes captured her heart and eventually everything she has. As Mister struggles with her secret guilt and its seed, another Mary's story plays out. This teenage Mary has always been a good Jewish girl, and she was soon to be wed to Joseph. When an angel appears before her and tells her she would be a virgin mother, her world is turned upside down. Mister finds solace in this Mary, and as she gets to know more about her namesake, she finds out just how deep God's love and how big God's plans can be.

I breezed through this book in a night. Being written in verse, it was a quick and easy read, almost like I was reading some kind of Psalm. However, the issues it tackled weren't really easy. The story is as real as it can be, and I know it is happening to other teenage girls everywhere in the world. The good thing about this novel is how the author juxtaposed Mister's story with Mary's story. It was kind of hard to fathom at first how Mister, who bore the weight of her sin with her literally, could relate to Mary the mother of Jesus, whose pregnancy was divinely ordained. I liked how the author showed that even if Mister sinned, He still had a purpose for her and she is not a lost cause. It's easy to put God in a box and think that He cannot do anything about us when we do something bad. But as I've learned -- not only in this book but in real life -- His ways are higher than our ways, and He is bigger than whatever sin we can ever commit in this life. No matter how big the guilt is, His grace is still bigger and stronger and more powerful than that.

I also liked how real Mary came off in this book. It's easy to think that Mary as this sweet, solemn-faced woman who followed God's will without hesitation. In Nikki Grimes' novel, we see Mary's struggles as she accepted God's will, as she told Joseph and her parents about the angel's message and even her struggles as she carried Jesus in her womb. It's always nice to realize that even if Mary was set apart by God to carry His son, she was also still very human. This book helped me see another side of Mama Mary. I thought the author got it spot on with this particular part:

EASY

I always thought
Mary had it easy,
her knowing all along
God was the one
who wrote her story.
Guess I was wrong.
Turns out
she needed God
as bad as me. (p. 171)

A Girl Named Mister is a quick but not exactly an easy read. It made me cry and sigh, but in the end it made me smile as I, with Mister, realize the power of God's forgiveness, the grace of second chances and the depth of His love. :) Highly recommended.(less)

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Nov 16, 2010 Valerie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was actually much better than I thought. When I heard this book was filled with nothing but poetry I was a bit nervous about opening this book. I mean, I do like poetry, but it normally doesn't hold much interest for me. However, with this book it was much different. I opened it up, and didn't put it down until I finished the very last page. Even though it took me a scant hour to read the book's entirety I found myself taken on a special journey. With poetry about both Mister and Mary...more

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Mar 18, 2013 121Cassidy rated it 5 of 5 stars

There are no words to describe how extraordinary Nikki Grimes is.

I got a lot from this book, though I must say that I am glad that this same situation has not presented itself to me, and hopefully it shall not.

I liked how perfect Mister seemed at the beginning of this book; the most defining trait of her being her 'pureness' until she wasn't.

Let me just fume about Trey for a bit though. I hate him, he's a player with too much game for me to put up with. "I pity the fool," (Mr. T) and yes, I am...more There are no words to describe how extraordinary Nikki Grimes is.

I got a lot from this book, though I must say that I am glad that this same situation has not presented itself to me, and hopefully it shall not.

I liked how perfect Mister seemed at the beginning of this book; the most defining trait of her being her 'pureness' until she wasn't.

Let me just fume about Trey for a bit though. I hate him, he's a player with too much game for me to put up with. "I pity the fool," (Mr. T) and yes, I am calling Mister a fool right now. I don't care how much he loves you, she was much too young for this to happen to her. And the fact that Trey would not even accept the fact that it was his was unforgiveable. He practically called her a slut. I basically wanted to slap him, in fact, I wanted to do even worse. Not death, 'cause I wish death on no one, but some form of karma to hit him just for that. I felt no sympathy for him, even when she described his eyes as having no light in them. He chose it for himself, but I hated that he pushed her so much. It's like he's the person that makes women think that there are no gentlemen in the world, but there are. Believe me.

I liked that she described how alone she felt. It really got to me, even though our situations are completely different, we both still feel alone in the world. She closed herself off, broke her friendship and had to keep hiding because she had to keep her secret, until the moment presented itself.

I felt kind of disgusted with Mister's mom though, just as she was. I understand, but still I am disgusted that the exact same thing happened to her, and yet she did not stop what was happening, whether it just be from just plain ignorance or Mister's secrecy, I don't know. And then she totally disgusted me when she asked if Mister wanted to get rid of it. I didn't see her get rid of Mister, obviously, and the baby had grown so much already, so I think it would have been too late to even ponder the idea, even if just for a moment.

I like that the baby, whatever his name may be, gave her that hope that she needed in the end, though, that reassurance because she obviously needed it, even if she did not want to admit it to herself.(less)

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Sep 04, 2011 Eva Leger rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: y-a, b-urban-fiction, poetry-or-verse

I read this today, this morning, while I drank my coffee. :) It's a very fast book, even for a slower reader I'm sure.
I hadn't any plans to read this actually although I have heard of Nikki Grimes before I didn't have any of her books on my to-read list. I was walking through the library and hauling a huge stack of books I'd already checked out for Julia (with a few for myself) when I noticed this for whatever reason. The title is what had to capture my attention first since the spine was the on...more I read this today, this morning, while I drank my coffee. :) It's a very fast book, even for a slower reader I'm sure.
I hadn't any plans to read this actually although I have heard of Nikki Grimes before I didn't have any of her books on my to-read list. I was walking through the library and hauling a huge stack of books I'd already checked out for Julia (with a few for myself) when I noticed this for whatever reason. The title is what had to capture my attention first since the spine was the only part of the book I could see. But the cover is what kept my attention. The model on the cover is striking. I normally could do without close ups - it just shows too much IMO - but it's like this woman needs a close up. It's not often that I really think the character(s) portrayed on a book cover actually mesh with the character I'm reading about. But this model works as Mary.
I grabbed it even though I noticed, on the inside flap, the religious aspect, because I basically figured 'how religious can it really be'? It's obviously not the sort of preachy book I steer clear of.
And I ended up enjoying the 10 or so minutes it took to read this very much. It's a book I'd hand to Julia if she were older. It's a book I may hand to Julia when she's older.
I doubt there are many girls out there who can't relate to Mary/Mister in some way, no matter they're color, age, or sexual activity/lack of sexual activity.
Grimes did a great job shadowing Mary, the Mother of God, with Mary Rudine, a.k.a., MR, a.k.a., Mister.
A Girl Called Mister is in verse so which makes it much more palatable for reluctant readers. I can't honestly say I think many boys would be thrilled with it but that's to be expected. The good thing about that is that from the back of this book I see Grimes has another book, Dark Sons, that seems the male version of this with a different subject. (I may get this sometime just to see what similarities/differences there are.)
I think this would be perfect for a lot of pre-teens and young teens. Who knows, maybe it'll help some young girl out there put things in perspective before instead of after.
One of the best things about the book is the unexpected. Certain parts, in other books that is, are almost always along a certain route. Grimes did something a little different at times. Think of most of the YA books where a young teen tells her Mother she's pregnant. We all know how that usually ends. Instead of her Mother flying into a rage, she's there to help from the start. That seems like a small different but it's actually quite big IMO. And it really did help the story so much more by being different.(less)

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Jun 24, 2011 Cindi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nikki Grimes is a New York Times bestselling author. She has written more than fifty books and is also the winner of a Coretta Scott King Award, an NCTE Award, and has been on the Notable Books list of the American Library Association many times. "A Girl Named Mister" is another example of Nikki Grimes' ability to use poetry to tell a powerful and moving story that will touch everyone who reads it.

Mister is the nickname of Mary Rudine, a fourteen-year-old girl living in New York with her single...more

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Nov 18, 2010 s0nicfreak rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

With the man character being a highly religious girl with a purity ring, this book could have been a good way to educate about birth control and deal with the reality that people have sex. Instead it just uses fear-mongering at an attempt to encourage abstinence. It reinforces the belief of adults that everyone under 18 is an idiot. It reinforces the lies told to teens that no matter what you do, if you have sex before marriage horrible things will happen. This book is just bad for everyone.

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Dec 31, 2010 Connie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, ya-realistic-fiction, christian-fiction

I just happened to pick this book up around Christmas without realizing the Christmas message it incorporated. (That's what happens when you don't read the jacket!) Typical of Nikki Grimes it is a beautiful novel written in free verse. The story alternates between the voice of a current day 14 year old teen - Mary Rudine (also called Mister for M.R.) who becomes pregnant and the voice of teenage Mary, mother of Jesus, as written in a book of poetry that is loved by Mister's mother. Mister is int...more

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Nov 11, 2010 Katrina Burchett rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, favorite-reads, books-i-own

Mary Rudine: First it was Mary, then it was M.R. Mister is all anybody calls me now… Mister wears a purity ring. She has made the choice to save herself for the man she marries, but then she meets Trey and finds out that a commitment to abstain from sex can be more difficult to keep than she thought.

Before Trey, Mister was a good Christian girl. After Trey, she was still a good Christian girl even though she didn’t think so; she just made a bad choice. A few sweet, soft-spoken words and sensual...more

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Dec 22, 2010 Jeanne rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, verse

A novel in verse, we see a young Christian girl, Mary known as Mister to her friends, as she makes choices and lives with the consequences. Helping her deal is a book of poems written about Mary, the mother of God. Seeing Mary as a young woman facing the challenging situation of her own and relying on God to get her through, this Mary can cope with the truths revealed in her life.

We're left with an open ending, which I think allows the reader to argue one way or the other. I think it's more help...more

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Mar 03, 2011 Rakisha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Although it has an interesting premise, this book is painful to read. Mary Rudine, a.k.a M.R. a.k.a Mister, is a good Christian girl who gets pregnant. Feeling ashamed and shunned by God, she turns to a book called "Mary, Mary." In it, Mary, mother of Jesus, describes being pregnant and unwed. The book flips POVs from Mary to MR as both their pregnancies advance.

It presents a view of a wrathful & unforgiving God. It is a view that often convinces people to stop believing or never believe at...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Zandra rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mary Rudine, nicknamed Mister because of her initials, has always been a “good girl.” She attends church every Sunday, sings in the choir, and does well in school. When she meets Trey the feelings she has for him throw her for a loop and she forgets the promise she made to God to save herself for marriage. She thinks she loves Trey and has sex with him. After she ends up pregnant, he abandons her. Feeling all alone, she begins to question whether God still loves her. She discovers a book of poet...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Melissa rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, young-adult

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Oct 12, 2011 Amy Gonzalez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mary Rubin, also known as "Mister" for her initials M.R., is a good girl. She sings in the church choir, is a star player on the volleyball team, and goes to church every Sunday. Then she meets Trey, a good looking, smooth-talking guy, and she gives in to temptation. She turns to her mother's book of poetry about Mary, the mother of Jesus, to comfort her about the choices she's made and to help her through everything that follows.

I highly recommend this book for girls who want to read about tou...more

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May 18, 2012 Deborah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mary Rudine nick named as Mister, is a young Christian girl, and is determined to save her special gift till marriage. She wears a purity ring to symbolize her vow with God. Try becomes her boyfriend and swipes her off her feet and her vow is broken. Pregnant and abandoned by Try, Mister feels she has become seperated from God dispite the support of her family and church. She turns to a book about Mary the mother of Jesus and finds support and comfort in the story.

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Nov 18, 2011 LeAnne rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teens and church libraries

Shelves: christian-ya

Nice Christian girl gets pregnant is not a new plot line, but Nikki Grimes's poetry gives fresh insights into an all-too-familiar story. Poetry touches emotions in a way that prose often misses. "Ankle deep,/my faith a thing/ I wade in now and then." Mary Rodine (MR) takes courage from a book of poems about the Virgin Mary, facing the same physical changes and stigma of an unexpected pregnancy as Mister.

The book is a quick read--lots of white space on the page, which can make it attractive to r...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Adrienne rated it 1 of 5 stars

Fourteen-year-old Mister (short for M.R., which is in turn short for Mary Rudine) has promised not to have sex before marriage; however, her devotion to church and to her promise wavers when she meets Trey. Soon, she has broken her promise and finds herself pregnant. Seeking comfort and guidance, she turns to a book of poems told from the perspective of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is dealing with an unexpected pregnancy as well.

I thought this book was well-written, and Mister's struggle to de...more Fourteen-year-old Mister (short for M.R., which is in turn short for Mary Rudine) has promised not to have sex before marriage; however, her devotion to church and to her promise wavers when she meets Trey. Soon, she has broken her promise and finds herself pregnant. Seeking comfort and guidance, she turns to a book of poems told from the perspective of Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is dealing with an unexpected pregnancy as well.

I thought this book was well-written, and Mister's struggle to deal with faith, temptation, guilt, and forgiveness is one that many teens and adults can relate to, even if premarital sex isn't their particular temptation. I also like how Mister turns to a Biblical character for guidance. Grimes is a good writer, and I always enjoy her work, and I appreciate the mixture of faith and religion into her fiction. Overall, I give the book 3 stars.

One small side tangent: there seems to me to be an overabundance of teen pregnancy and/or parenthood in African American teen literature. I recently completed my Masters degree in Library and Information Science, and one of my last classes was Multicultural Children's Literature. For my final paper, I considered the Coretta Scott King Award Winners and Honor books published for teens, 1996-2010. I read and evaluated 32 books, 26 of them fiction and 6 of them nonfiction. I'll include an excerpt of that paper here:

"While African American teens have the second-highest birth rate of teens in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010), and therefore teen pregnancy is certainly a valid topic for teen books, there are many more African American teen girls who are not pregnant than those who are. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported approximately sixty-two live births per 1000 African American young women ages fifteen to nineteen in 2008 and similar statistics for 2005, 2006, and 2007 (CDC, 2010, chart). The statistic does not account for aborted pregnancies or infant mortality; however, it does show that only six percent of African American girls ages fifteen to nineteen gave birth in 2005 through 2008. In contrast, seven out of the twenty-six fiction titles feature characters who become pregnant or are teen parents: Copper Sun, Like Sisters on the Homefront, Chill Wind, Bronx Masquerade, November Blues, Heaven, and First Part Last. Comprising twenty-nine percent of the CSK books for teens, that figure grossly misrepresents the actual number of African American teen parents—and leaves readers thinking African American teenagers are much more likely to get pregnant than statistics demonstrate."

This book isn't a CSK book, but still, I think you get the point. (And given that Grimes is pretty much a perennial name on the CSK list, I wouldn't be surprised to see this book garner an award or honor.) While Grimes is certainly free to write about an African American girl who gets pregnant, and I think she did so very well, I want to encourage parents, teachers, librarians, readers, etc. to consider that they should make sure they're also reading African American teen literature that doesn't feature pregnancy in order to get a more balanced view of African American teenagers.

This book isn't 100% squeaky clean, but it doesn't go into a lot of detail about Mister's sexual encounter, nor is there language or violence. (less)

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Jun 09, 2012 Alyssa rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was interesting, but it didn't keep me hooked. I was also skeptical of the story about Mary (I am Christian and some of it doesn't add to what I know)...don't attack me please! I'm just putting my honest opinion out here.

I did like Mister, I just wasn't sure of her choices all the time and I didn't love her, which made the story that much harder to get through. I think this could've been written better...maybe with a more complicated plot to make it more interesting?

It wasn't that good...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Peggy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, realistic-fiction, religious-aspects

Mary Rudine, known by the nickname Mister, is very faith driven, Christian 15 year old who makes one big mistake. As a baby develops inside of her, the father now long gone, she finds herself reading the book Mary, Mary about the pregnancy of the Virgin Mary. As she reads about Mary's experiences of pregnancy, uncertainty and faith, she rediscovers herself. Believable, touching, and I really liked the end. You could feel her emotional pain and uncertainty, yet were left with a feeling of hope.

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Apr 11, 2011 Tricia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Excellently written free verse tells the story of Mary Rudine, also known as a girl named Mister. She struggles with her vow to be pure to God and wavers when she meets Trey. Her story is entertwined with that of Mary, mother of God. Powerful missive on many levels--faith, relationships (not just of Trey and Mister--the relationships between Mister and her best friend as well as Mister and her mother are also a major focus in this story) and major decisions that need to be made as part of growin...more

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Nov 29, 2010 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, poetry, realistic, young-adult

Mary Rudine (M.R. or Mister for short) is a typical Christian teen, but gives in to temptation when a smooth-talking boy starts paying attention to her. Her guilt nearly overwhelms her, but she finds comfort and inspiration in a book about Mary, the mother of Christ. This novel in verse realistically handles a teen's spiritual struggles.

On the Kindle, it was not always immediately clear which poems were in Mister's voice and which were in Mary's. Perhaps the print version does a better job...

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Sep 14, 2010 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, read-in-2010

Short novel in verse about a Christian girl who has sex, regrets it, and then discovers she's pregnant. The story of "Mister" (M.R.) is interspersed with the story of the Virgin Mary as she awaits the birth of Jesus. It works. Not sure who I would recommend it to -- Christian kids might be scandalized by the fact that Mister has sex, but then maybe they should read this to see that not everyone who does it before marriage is a "bad" person. Mister struggles, but her faith is what gets her throug...more

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Apr 19, 2011 Sonia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this short book. Written in prose form, it is the story of a young girl dealing with her faith and her sexuality, inter-laced with Mary's own story as she prepared for the birth of Jesus.

I read the whole thing in a few hours, and although the format of the book is unconventional, it flowed perfectly and I felt the whole story was told in so few words, so completely.

I'd recommend it for mothers of teen girls, to read first, and then perhaps read together...and discuss.

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Dec 14, 2010 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fascinating methodology -- each chapter a poem, in first voice of young girl who got pregnant and in first voice of Mary, supposedly from her diary -- each have to deal with the fact that they are having a baby -- MR is in school, and not married. Mary is betrothed to an older man, Joseph, and is pregnant -- difficult times for each. (This was another free Kindle download.) I like this -- both for its presentation and for the thoughts of each "girl."

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Sep 18, 2010 Jennifer Stephens rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was surprisingly good, although I am not sure I would completely label it "teen fiction." Alot of it cannot be appreciated until you have been pregnant yourself/partner or have experienced quite a bit of life. It's well written, and the intertwining of the two pregnancies in the book compliment each other. One story makes you appreciate the other all the more.
I wasn't bothered by the fact that it is written in verse. Each small poem is intriguing when read on it's own; I especially li...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Alma Ramos-McDermott rated it 3 of 5 stars

In poetic verse, Nikki Grimes tells the story of Mister, a young girl who gets pregnant shortly before her 14th birthday. Despite her promise to keep pure until marriage, she falls for Trey.

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Jul 05, 2010 Libriar rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010, young-adult-realistic

Very quick read (novel in verse) about a pregnant teenage girl who finds solace in a book of poetry about Mary. I was surprised to see that this book was being published by a Christian publisher - because of this I was leary of prosthelytizing - turns out that I didn't need to worry. I actually really liked the poetry about Mary - it reminded me of an extremely condensed and accesible version of "The Red Tent."

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Jan 02, 2011 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya

Nikki Grimes adds the voice of a young teenager to a relative void of protagonists dealing with her reality quite simply. Mister tells her experience in humble, noble prose, with a few alternating similarly written journal poem of Mary in the time leading up to Jesus' birth. This gives Mister a route to restore her faith and find middle ground between God's rules and her violation of them.

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Sep 14, 2010 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nikki weaves such a beautiful story of a common struggle. She so eloquently combines biblical stories with the real life struggle of a modern teenager. With so few words, she pulls us towards the main character and into her story as if we were this young girl struggling to maintain a life of faith and promise while confronted with desire.

I admire Nikki's talent and art. I recommend this book to anyone, but especially to young girls who might find themselves in similar situations.

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