What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Fiction book about a girl who gets pregnant extremely young like around 12-14 years old. [s]
Did she end up keeping the baby?Was the baby a boy or girl?
Was the book mostly about her pregnancy, or after the child was born?
The bread rolled in sugar part sounds crazy familiar
In Like Sisters on the Homefront, Gayle already has one baby at 14. She has an abortion the second time she gets pregnant.
I don’t remember if she kept the baby or not and the book wasn’t mostly centered around her having the baby that’s just a Part I Can remember. It was mostly like about her, the girl
Thaliyah, have you ruled out all the books suggested above?
Thanks, I'll keep looking!Was the girl white, black, or Hispanic? Did the book take place in the USA?
Do you remember if she lived in a big city or a suburb or a rural area?
How about this one:Emmeline
by Judith Rossner
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The story of Emmeline Mosher, who, before her 14th birthday, was sent from her home on a farm in Maine to support her family by working in a cotton mill in Massachusetts. The year was 1839. An extraordinary novel from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", the story of a desperate young girl thrust into one of America's early industrial towns is a haunting tale of seduction. (less)
I believe it took place in the USA I sadly can’t even remember her race. And I believe she lived in either a city or suburban area thank you! & sadly it’s not Emmeline
No but the book is written in a similar style with slang and aave in it
That's a good clue! It sounds like the girl was African American then.I'm assuming it's teen fiction since it was in your school library, but is there any chance it could be adult fiction?
I don’t think it would be adult fiction because it was when I was in either late elementary/middle school when I read it but yes most likely teen fiction
Damn, I was hoping Broken China would be it.The girls are older than 14, but I also found Spellbound, Chill Wind, The Dear One, The Test, 2 Days, and A Girl Named Mister.
i think i read this too! probably in like 6th grade? Was the girl raised by different people at different times in her if because her mother was unable to? and did the girl like music that was on old vinyl records from maybe the 50's? If so then i think it either had blue in the title on the cover was bluish. Now I want to know what this is!
Ava yess!!!! & unfortunately the books proposed above aren’t it
Yeah I looked them over. I will keep looking as I now really want to now too.
Ava, do you also remember the girl being African American?Can you recall anything more about the girl's family situation? Was she in foster care or living with relatives? Did she have siblings? Do you remember what happened to the baby?
I think she thought of herself as African American, but I don't think she knew her father and her mother wasn't. She wasn't in foster care except for maybe some type of similar system when she was younger than 10 or so, and had no other family members mentioned. She stayed with "friends" of her mom for a while but she ran away from there first, before she got pregnant. they didn't like her or want her living with them I don't think. I believe she gave the baby to the father who was her childhood best friend before he moved away. And her mother reenters the girl's life toward the end of the book.
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Yeah that sounds familiar I believe we’re thinking of the same book! I don’t remember her being in foster care either I just know she like moved around quite a bit
Nope not it :( like Ava said I believe the title had blue in it &/or the cover was blue as well
So this is definitely an adult book and not YA but just in case, any chance it's Push (which the movie Precious was based on)?Check out this book on Goodreads: Push https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
It's gotta be out there somewhere!Little Wing?
Make Lemonade?
Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison?
These don't seem like really good candidates, though.
Definitely not push & none of those either
Is 2014 definitely the latest possible year you could have read it?
I don’t know about the original poster of this , but I think I read it between 2015-2016.
Yeah 2014 was the latest possible time I could’ve read it because I did not read it in high school I’m 100% sure of that
Did it seem like a new book at the time, or could it have been older, like from the '80s or '90s?
Born Blue"I'd eat the crust first and then roll up the rest into a ball, dip it into the sugar bowl, and suck on it, getting all the sweet out of it, and then I'd eat it down and start on another one."
I don't know about the original poster of this, but the plot synapsis seems familiar to me, but the cover is not what I remember and I couldn't find an edition of this book with a different cover.
I can't remember exactly, but I have a very vague image in my head and it wasn't a girl sitting in a chair.
What's the Name of That Book???
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Figured although she was so young. Another character i vaguely remember was a boy she was Extremely close with he was also her age. I don’t think she had a good relationship with her parents I’m not entirely sure of the genre I feel like it was fiction but I’m not 100% sure. I think in one part of the book she even ran away once again not 100% sure. But I’m 100% sure she had a baby soooo young & I don’t remember if she kept it