Conception

Imani All Mine

Connie Rose Porter · 212 pages

Imani All Mine brings together Connie Porter's insight into childhood and her firsthand knowledge of life in today's ghettoized world with the marvelously affecting story of Tasha, fifteen years old and the mother of a baby girl. "Mama say I'm grown now because I got Imani. She say Imani all mine. I know she all mine, and I like it just like that, not having to share my baby with no one." In her

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward · 274 pages

They heard it on the radio. A hurricane is coming, threatening the town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. Esch's hard-drinking father can feel it in his bones. Esch and her brothers are trying to help prepare, but there are other worries too. Skeetah is watching his prized pit bull, helpless as her new litter dies one by one. Randall, when not preoccupied with basketball, is busy looking after the you

Hooked

Catherine Greenman · 276 pages

After their relationship survives Will going to college, their love is tested again when Thea realizes she is pregnant.

Where the Heart Is

Billie Letts · 368 pages

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town--a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobles

The Mothers

Brit Bennett · 288 pages

"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good sec

Tell Me a Secret

Holly Cupala · 292 pages

Seventeen-year-old Rand's unexpected pregnancy leads her on a path to unravel the mystery of her sister's death and face her own more hopeful future.

Like Sisters on the Homefront

Rita Williams-Garcia · 165 pages

Troubled fourteen-year-old Gayle is sent down South to live with her uncle and aunt, where her life begins to change as she experiences the healing power of the family.

Kendra

Coe Booth · 292 pages

The acclaimed author of TYRELL returns to PUSH with a striking novel about a mother and daughter who are only fourteen years apart, but need to learn to understand each other before it's too late. Kendra's mom, Renee, had her when she was only 14 years old. Renee and her mom made a deal -- Renee could get an education, and Kendra would live with her grandmother. But now Renee's out of grad scho

The Test

Peggy Kern · 139 pages

Liselle Mason is in trouble. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price, her moody classmate at Bluford High. But when Liselle's clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly, she panics. A pregnancy test confirms her biggest fears. Unwilling to admit the truth, Liselle suddenly faces a world with no easy answers. Wh

The Space Between Us

Jessica Martinez

Seventeen-year-old Amelia feels like her life might be getting back on track after a bad break-up when her younger sister's pregnancy gets them both banished to Canada, where new relationships are forged, giving Amelia a new perspective.

Pregnant Pause

Han Nolan · 352 pages

Married, pregnant, and living at a "fat camp" in Maine, sixteen-year-old Eleanor has many questions about her future, especially whether the marriage will last and if she should keep the baby.

Juno: The Shooting Script

Diablo Cody, Ivan Reitman · 136 pages

Presents a script of the film, along with photographs, complete cast and crew credits, and a foreword by the director.

Me, Him, Them, & It

Caela Carter · 336 pages

Playing the "bad girl" at school to get back at her feuding parents, sixteen-year-old Evelyn becomes pregnant and faces a difficult decision.

Perfect Little World

Kevin Wilson · 336 pages

When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives to help, she's left searching. Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric

The Last Days of California: A Novel

Mary Miller · 233 pages

Fourteen-year-old Jess' beliefs falter when her evangelical father packs up the family, including her secretly pregnant older sister and her long-suffering mother, to travel across the country and save souls ahead of the anticipated end of the world.

A Swift Pure Cry

Siobhan Dowd · 320 pages

Aftercare Instructions

Bonnie Pipkin · 322 pages

Questioning everything after deciding to terminate an unexpected pregnancy, 17-year-old Genesis works to establish her identity apart from her ex while confronting her most painful memories and rediscovering a long-forgotten dream.

Necessary Lies

Diane Chamberlain · 370 pages

Caring for her family on their mid-20th-century tobacco farm after the loss of her parents, 15-year-old Ivy connects with Grace County social worker Jane, who strains her personal and professional relationships with her advocacy of Ivy's family, whose dark secrets test Jane's resolve against racial tensions and state-mandated sterilizations.

Push

Sapphire · 176 pages

Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible: invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more of Harlem's casualties. But when Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined and highly radical teacher, we follow her on a journey of education and enlightenment as

Immaculate

Katelyn Detweiler · 449 pages

Unable to convince anyone that she is a virgin after becoming pregnant the summer before her senior year, Mina is branded as a heretic by her small Pennsylvania community while others rally around her as the mother of a reborn messiah.

Trouble

Non Pratt · 377 pages

"When Aaron willingly signs on to be the pretend father of Hannah's unborn baby, he is looking for redemption from a past that has a stranglehold on him. Hannah, more simply, needs support in the absence of the real father, but she'll discover so much more"--

Glass

Ellen Hopkins · 696 pages

"one little hit, my heart revs high, then settles into quick step-mode. How i've missed that race and pound. How i've missed the lack of control." crank, glass, ice, crystal, whatever you call it, it's all the same. a monster. kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much. the one calling the shots, but the monster is

The Snapper

Roddy Doyle · 216 pages

Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying.In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnan

Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager

Beatrice Sparks · 245 pages

When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the desperate hope that some day she can turn her life around. She decides she wants to keep her baby and dreams of loving and caring for this little person. But after the baby is bor