SuitabookFriendship and responsibility
Julia tries to support Ruth while remaining focused on life after graduation.
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Sarah N. Harvey - Author
A friendship story about two students facing an unexpected pregnancy, competing plans and difficult choices before graduation. Julia’s response involves practical ingenuity and ideas drawn from literature.
Julia and Ruth have been unlikely best friends since they first met in Sunday school, Ruth was standing on the Bible-crafts table belting out "Jesus Loves Me." Now that they're a year away from graduation, they're putting the finishing touches on their getaway plans. But their dream of a funky big-city loft and rich, interesting older men is threatened when preacher's daughter Ruth goes to a wild party without studious Julia, and all hell breaks loose. Ruth gets pregnant; Julia gets creative. Determined to support her friend and stay on track for life after high school, Julia comes up with a plan that will require all her intelligence, compassion, ingenuity and patience. Drawing on some great (and some not-so-great) works of literature, Julia proves that you can learn a lot just by opening up a book.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA friendship story about two students facing an unexpected pregnancy, competing plans and difficult choices before graduation. Julia’s response involves practical ingenuity and ideas drawn from literature.
Julia tries to support Ruth while remaining focused on life after graduation.
Ruth’s pregnancy threatens the friends’ plans for a big-city future, while Julia develops a response.
Julia draws on both admired and less successful works of literature while developing her plan.
Pregnancy, a wild party, religious identity and aspirations involving older men are part of the setup.
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