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Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles

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May 09, 10

Read in August, 2009

This is another of those books I want to make everyone read. It's so good and so important and something you should discuss with your kids (if you have them) as a hypothetical before it becomes a reality. (And hopefully it won't.)

Anyway. It's got four narrators, Ellie, Josh, Corinne (Ellie's best friend) and Caleb (Josh's best friend).

Ellie hooks up with guys because it makes her feel loved. Each time she hopes it'll be about more than just sex and each time she's disappointed.

But after she hooks up with Josh, she gets pregnant.

So now, she has to figure out what to do and which choice is best or least painful or less wrong.

Corinne and Caleb have to figure out how to be their for their friends.

And Josh feels awful, because he knows that he treated Ellie horribly (and that just because other guys treated her badly too is no excuse) and because he keeps screwing up and not being there for her.

Such a good book. :)

Even if Ellie (and, to a lesser extent, Josh) broke my heart.


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Lori Rose OMG I am hooked! adding it to my list of books to read! thanks


Kelly Hager Awesome! I hope you like it. :)


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