Description
Sixteen-year-old Maura Ellard has just followed through on one of the biggest, hardest decisions of her life: terminating an unexpected and unwanted pregnancy.
She doesn’t regret it. But when she walks out of the clinic, she’s seen by a classmate and her whole life changes. Before she can even get back to school, everyone knows what she did. Her freshly ex-boyfriend is furious. Her best friend avoids her. The only person who doesn’t seem to care is Dane, the new boy at school, who sees her as a person and knows her choices are none of his business. But then a rumor sweeps through the school that Maura was the victim of an assault and everyone is suddenly on her side. Maura knows she doesn't owe anyone an explanation, but how will she get it all to stop?
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Melinda Di Lorenzo has been writing professionally for more than a decade and is the author of Counting Scars, Racing Hearts, Normal Kids and Sugar Crash in the Orca Soundings line. She is the bestselling author of more than thirty books. Melinda lives in the Lower Mainland region of BC, where she finds plenty of inspiration.
Review Quotes
“[Maura] finds her power in defining her story on her own terms and choosing how she reacts to others. The book assumes a steady pace.”
— Foreword Reviews“This is a quick, compelling read. [Maura’s] experience is well-represented, from her physical symptoms after the procedure to the reactions and assumptions of other people to Maura’s feelings about others’ opinions. A story for developing readers that may give hope for anyone facing Maura’s situation.”
— School Library Journal (SLJ)“In this well-written work for striving readers, Maura is refreshingly straightforward about her choice to have an abortion even as she struggles with everyone else’s opinions. Whatever their own feelings on the matter, readers will sympathize with Maura. A thoughtful, skillfully presented treatment of a timely topic.”
— Kirkus ReviewsBiographical note
Melinda Di Lorenzo has been writing professionally for more than a decade and is the author of Counting Scars, Racing Hearts, Normal Kids and Sugar Crash in the Orca Soundings line. She is the bestselling author of more than thirty books. Melinda lives in the Lower Mainland region of BC, where she finds plenty of inspiration.
