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"Ali Parker, a high school senior, is in love for the first time in her seventeen-year life. Her Mr. Perfect boyfriend, Matt Ryan, is a talented artist who hopes to attend Pratt Institute in New York, and Ali plans to major in journalism at a prestigious college. Both Ali and Matt are outstanding students. Their future possibilities seem endless.Then the inconceivable happens―Ali becomes pregnant. Suddenly, her entire world shifts. Everything she was sure of changes. What should she do about this baby... about Matt... about her life? Ali is faced with the dilemma of responsibility and choice. She’s supported by a fun, loyal best friend, Monica, but Ali knows that now, nothing will ever be the same again. She’s abruptly and unwillingly forced into the world of adulthood as she faces the crisis of being a pregnant, unwed teenager."""
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About the Author:
Karen Hart began writing as a teenager. She wrote for her high school newspaper and later majored in journalism at Illinois State University, where she also wrote for the campus newspaper, The Daily Vidette. Since then, Hart has had more than 20 years of experience as a creative and technical writer and editor. She has worked in both corporate communications and public relations, developing a variety of award-winning media and publications, including magazines, newsletters, brochures, and videos. Most recently, she has worked on freelance writing projects, and several magazines, such as Sonoma Family-Life and Enlightened Woman, have published her articles. The seed of inspiration for Butterflies in May began forming in high school, but later took hold after the birth of her first son. Though she was a teenager a long time ago, she believes that some thingslike first love, relationships, heartbreak, and letting gonever change. She’s currently working on a new novel, The Colour of Love, as well as a book about dreams with noted American psychic, Imara. Hart resides in Santa Rosa with her husband, Gary, and two sons. Author Contact Information: · Karen Hart — (707) 537-2222; karen.hart@earthlink.net
From School Library Journal:
Grade 8 Up–A rather ordinary tale of teen pregnancy. Ali Parker is a bright, middle-class, suburban girl headed for college. She and her boyfriend are usually careful about birth control, but she ends up pregnant after one lapse. She schedules an abortion but can't go through with it. When she tells her parents, they are disappointed but supportive, as are her friends and teachers. Ali weathers the ups and downs of pregnancy, befriends another expecting teen, and deals with her sometimes loving, sometimes distant boyfriend as she tries to plan for an uncertain future. She meets a perfect couple who want to adopt her child but wonders if she can bring herself to part with the baby. Ali could be almost any young woman struggling with this issue, which gives the story a bland feel, as does the adequate but rarely sparkling prose. Angela Johnson's The First Part Last (2003), Rachel Cohn's Gingerbread (2002, both S & S), and Sarah Dessen's Someone Like You (Viking, 1998) are more notable novels about the subject. Nevertheless, Hart's solid first-person account of a teenager's life-altering experience will draw in readers, who will most likely stick around to find out whether Ali makes the predictable choice.–Miranda Doyle, San Francisco Public Library
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- PublisherBancroft Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1890862444
- ISBN 13 9781890862442
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages202
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