Well this was an extremely short read and even with taking that into account I can't say that I liked it. It felt like a really bad after school special. Simon didn't bring anything new to the whole pregnant girl in high school. The story was very typical, guy and girl have only been going out for 6 months, have some alcohol, and then have sex. She gets pregnant and and has to decide what to do. Her mom even had her at seventeen so that added to the whole cliche. I am not by any means saying tha More...

I was rather disappointed with this book to be completely honest. I had high expectations as the subject of teen pregnancy is often handled excellently by YA authors and I had hoped that this would be the case with Simon's Plan B.

The foundations of a good story were there. The two main characters had potential for development but I didn't feel that there was enough description of them to hold the story together. I couldn't even picture them properly in my mind. Lucy's two best friends, Trez and More...

Rating 2.5/5 stars

This is a very short novel that I read in one setting. This novel deals with the topic of teen pregnancy. While this is a heavy issue, I thought the author did a good job at keeping it realistic. It went over Lucy's feelings and how both her boyfriend, Luke, and her mother reacted when she told them the news. It covered all of Lucy options in a way that discussed them and the difficulty in making the decision without being preachy.

I had some issue with the novel when I first st More...

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Plan B was an interesting book. I read it because I wanted to learn more about teen pregnancies and the consequences. However, at only a hundred pages, it didn't have much room to delve into the issues at a great length.


The story was quite typical and there weren't any great shocks or surprises. Pretty much all the characters reacted how I thought they would. I didn't like how quickly some of the characters got over their feelings or changed thei More...

I want to preface my review by saying that I really wanted to like this book. I went into it with high hopes. Actually, after finishing it, I thought that this might be a first novel for the author and was astonished to see that Charnan Simon had published 100 books.

Now to get on to the particulars of my problem with this book. First and foremost, there was very little to no character development in this novel. I don't even think there were even descriptions of what the characters looked like. T More...

I have always been pro-choice on just about anything – a person’s life is their own to live – and while I may be vocal when it comes to certain aspects of the lives of the people who I love, pregnancy is one of the topics that I only ever stick to listening and providing a shoulder if needed.

A friend of mine got pregnant just at the end her third year in university and she kept her baby. I don’t think that I’ve ever been as proud of someone as I am of her. She was able to complete her final year More...

I read this as an ARC book from Netgally.I think for a short book, it was pretty good, I liked it. I believe it points out anything can happen,no matter how careful you are.Lucy has her life planned out, until she ends up pregnant. She and Luke now have to make the hardest decision of their lives.

I really enjoyed the book. It brought back my own memories of getting pregnant as a teenager and wondering what to do and how hard it is the make the right decision ( I stayed pregnant, got married and More...

A bit idealistic and without a true ending, but a good quick read otherwise.

This book shouldn't lose points for not being an abortion book, but I was kind of hoping to see the author explore the results of that or adoption. Instead, the book only gets to the first doctor's appointment. All of the negatives of teen pregnancy are mentioned, but none of them are actually experienced through the character. Lucy has not had to quit dance yet, she hasn't had to worry about pregnancy and a baby effect More...

Lucy and Luke are the typically teenage couple. Luck comes from a single parent house but is very close to her mother. In addition, Lucy is a dancer who makes up for paying for her classes by assisting with classes for younger students.

Luke is a star athletic from s dual parent home. Luke has a chance to receive a full scholarship to Austin.

However, a one-night decision for this one couple to take their "love" to the next level leaves all plans in the future up in the air. Because Lucy finds out More...

"This is intriguing to me because I work at a pharmacy and one of our drugs is called Plan B, and well I won't say what it's for you can look it up, but my mind set went straight to that as being what the story might be about so I guess I'll find out. "
This was my first thought when I saw this as a book I could get from Netgalley. So of course I requested to read it, and now that I have I can say that on some level I guess that is what the book is about, but more then that. You could also gather More...

After reading After - isn't that funny? - by Amy Efaw, I was hoping to read a similar story with a different take, something more accepting of their situation, unlike Devon and her denial. I wanted something like Juno or like Allison in Knocked Up. That is why I decided to request for this book on NetGalley.

This book had so much potential, but never unraveled. And I am not complaining about this book's length. Good stories do not need hundreds of pages. But it would have been great if the autho More...

Plan B is the story of a teenage girl, Lucy, who gets pregnant after the first time she has sex with her boyfriend (without using a condom). There isn’t much in the way of a story line except that Lucy decides to have sex with her boyfriend because she is in love and then the two of them must come together and decide what to do about their unexpected pregnancy.

I really wasn’t a fan of this book, There was virtually no character development and the majority of the story was told via short conver More...

Heh, it's decent.

So first of all, the book did not take me a very long time to read. At most, it took me 45 minutes and I started and finished before I did the crap load of homework I had.

I found the story too cliched.

Boy and Girl date for six months. Girl thinks they will go to the same college and get married.

Parents are out one day, throw in some alcohol and teen hormones, *bam* skin on skin ensues. No protection, all natural.

Well, after that incident, it's all a slippery slope because th More...

I read an ARC that I received for review on Netgalley. I wanted to read this book because it sounded interesting and there are just really not enough books out there that give teens something that they can relate to when it comes to the topic of teen pregnancy and this sounded promising.

Unfortunately, the book did not live up to my expectations. It was super short and it felt like the story ended right in the middle. It showed two teens decide to decide. They never chose an option and went thro More...

Near the end of her junior year in high school, Lucy has her life all planned out. Her boyfriend, Luke, will receive a full-ride baseball scholarship and she'll follow him to college one year later. After they graduate, she'll be a Spanish teacher and he'll be a coach. It all sounds so easy. But we all know life isn't easy. The one time Lucy and Luke have unprotected sex, she becomes pregnant. Lucy thoughtfully examines all her choices, searching for her Plan B.

The popularity of MTV's "Teen Mom" More...

Plan B by Charnon Simon is a charming, light read. The topic is heavy, as it should be, but it's presented in a very readable way. There's no over dramatization, but at the same time (and maybe more importantly) minimization does not occur. This book is perfect for older tweens and some teens to read. And for the brave educators and parents, looking for a way to broach an uncomfortable subject, Plan B is a viable tool. If you're looking for a complex, drawn out novel, you won't find it in Plan B More...

Plot: This book was pretty predictable. Since you already know Lucy will be pregnant, it's easy to tell when it happens. The story progresses well however.



Characters: Lucy's friends annoyed the heck out of me. The one friend was okay, supporting her, but the other was so focused on trivial things that I just wanted to smack her! Her mother and Luke's parents also annoyed me because they were so focused on helping, when Lucy didn't necessarily want their help.



Setting: The only big scene where the More...

Plan B by Charnan Simon deals with a very difficult subject, teen pregnancy. It does so in a realistic manner. It's a quick read that gives the reader a glimpse into the challenges of finding out you are pregnant in high school. The main characters had a seemingly perfect high school love affair, that was greatly tested when Lucy finds out that love isn't as perfect as she thinks it is. She's always a planner, but this hiccup throws an awful blow to her future and her boyfriend's dreams. The sto More...

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Recently I have become really interested in books that involve teen pregnancy especially after reading Amy Efaw’s book After. Teen Pregnancy has become a huge phenomena in the last several years and with shows like 16 and Pregnant and The Secret Life of The American Teenager which seem to be glorifying teenaged parenting, and giving kids the idea that perhaps parenting at 16 wouldn’t be so hard.

I recently had the opportunity to read Plan More...

I am on the fence about this book. Yes it was short, alot of people complained about that on their goodreads review, but that is not my issue. I think books can tell a beautiful story in less than 200 pages, but it is very rare. My problem with this book was how realistic it was.

I liked Lucy, and even Luke. As characters, they portrayed lovesick teenagers very well. Simon made me remember that time of "first love." What I didn't completely believe was Luke's fast turn-around from reluctant dad t More...

This was a very quick story about teen pregnancy. 17 year old Lucy and her 18 year old boyfriend Luke find themselves having to make some very tough decisions. It was not very in depth and it ended quite abruptly which left me wondering what path they chose. I think that may have been the author's point, to leave you thinking about how easily a teenager can find themselves in this situation and how fast everything they planned can change. My only real issue with this story is that it felt like More...

Lucy and Luke,high school sweethearts, are in love with each other and have it all planned out-finish studying and get married and live happily ever after.They are both smart kids and know their safe-sex tips, but Lucy get pregnant and suddenly everything may not go as planned!
Plan B, a simple and genuine read.Charnon's writing draws you into the book.I could connect to the protagonist, not her story, but her emotions and her experience and state of mind. Its heart warming, it brought me to tear More...

Plan B by Charnan Simon is a nice short read about teen pregnancy. The story is about Lucy, a seventeen year-old who becomes pregnant by her boyfriend--a senior baseball player. The two teens must face the consequences of their actions as her boyfriend Luke is preparing for college and a baseball scholarship.

Overall, I read this story pretty fast. The writing is done well and I felt for Lucy when she learned she was pregnant and had to go through the tough decisions to decide what to do. The onl More...

Lucy and her boyfriend Luke, were dating for 6 month until one day Lucy got pregnant. Lucy was a junior while Luke, her boyfriend was a senior. All her plans and dreams that she had with her boyfriend failed. Luke, Lucy's boyfriend was confused because he was only 18 and he wasn't ready to be father. Lucy was 17 and she wasn't ready to be a mother either. Lucy wanted to be a Spanish teacher while Luke wanted to go to College at Austin. Lucy's mom tried to helped them with the baby and the Luke's More...

When I found out about this book, I really wanted to give it a try. Since last year when I read Butterflies in May I became more interested in reading about teen pregnancy and how the girls deal with the biggest decision in their live.

Lucy is a strong young girl who really thinks for herself. She doesn’t get influenced by her friends, boyfriend and not even her mother.

I didn’t understand one of her best friends. She’s was very immature about the teen pregnancy and thought it was all fun to have More...

I really liked this book. It was a completely honest look at how your decisions have consequences without been preachy and throwing the "right choice" down your throat. I did like that the characters were easy to relate to and had honest reactions rather than everything going smoothly. The issue of teenagers having sex was done in a very tasteful, honest, realistic way; I was very thankful for that.

One of the things that I really liked about this book was the character of Luke. He is the epitome More...