SuitabookTrust under pressure
Serena expects to be left out and worries that revealing her pregnancy will change Jamar's response.
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Keith Thomas Walker - Author
This is a teen relationship story shaped by family hardship and pregnancy. Serena expects exclusion, while Jamar's invitation creates an opening for trust between people presented as very different.
"Serena is no stranger to hardship. With a father in prison and a mother who 'barely cares, ' she made it to her senior year at Finley High knowing she can only depend on herself. As prom season approaches, she expects to be left out in the cold, but an unexpected date offer changes everything. Jamar, founder of the school's Bible club, is Serena's opposite in so many ways. She can't believe he's willing to take a chance on her. She knows he'll run for the hills when he finds out she's pregnant"--Page 4 of cover.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a teen relationship story shaped by family hardship and pregnancy. Serena expects exclusion, while Jamar's invitation creates an opening for trust between people presented as very different.
Serena expects to be left out and worries that revealing her pregnancy will change Jamar's response.
Serena reaches senior year with her father in prison and a mother portrayed as barely caring.
Jamar is described as Serena's opposite in many ways, yet he offers to take her to prom.
Consider whether the reader is ready to engage with parental neglect, imprisonment, pregnancy and possible rejection within a prom-centred relationship story.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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