In Trouble

By Ellen Levine

Book Overview

Jamie and Elaine have been best friends forever, and now they're finally juniors in high school. Elaine has a steady boyfriend, and Jamie could have one--if she'd just open her eyes and see Paul. But Jamie has a bigger problem to worry about. Then Elaine gets "in trouble"--something they thought only happened to "other" girls. Are there any good choices for a girl in trouble? In Trouble is a novel born of author Ellen Levine's interviews with women who came of age in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including those who knew what it was like to be a teen facing a horrible choice. In the decades before Roe v. Wade , a young woman "in trouble" had very few options--and all of them meant shame, isolation, and maybe much worse. Jamie and Elaine's stories are just two among the thousands of stories of teenagers facing unplanned pregnancies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761365583
• ISBN13: 9780761365587
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary