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Girls In Trouble by Caroline Leavitt

Girls In Trouble

by Caroline Leavitt
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  • Jan 19, 2004, 368 pages
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  • Apr 2005, 368 pages
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Leavitt captures the longings of first love, the intense emotions of open adoption and the price of betrayal.

The longings of first love. The intense emotions of open adoption. And the price of betrayal.

Sara is sixteen and pregnant. Her once-devoted boyfriend seems to have disappeared, and her only option seems to be an open adoption with George and Eva, an older couple desperate for a child. But after the birth, it's clear Sara has a bond with the child that Eva can't seem to duplicate. And when Sara can't let go, Eva and George make a drastic decision with devastating consequences for all of them.

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According to TeenPregnancy.org...

  • Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. declined nearly one-third between 1991 and 2000.
  • A congressional report estimates that, if the teen birth rate had not declined between 1991 and 2002, 460,000 additional children would be living in poverty and 1.2 million more children would have been born to teen mothers.
  • However, 820,000 teen girls still get pregnant in the USA each year.
  • 1 in 3 girls get pregnant at least once before the age of 20.
  • Approximately 4% of 15-19 year olds have had a baby.
  • 2 out of 3 teen mothers never finish high school.
  • The federal government spends $40 billion a year ...

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