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Detour for Emmy
Contributor(s): Reynolds, Marilyn (Author)
ISBN: 1929777051     ISBN-13: 9781929777051
Publisher: New Wind Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $14.24  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Pregnancy
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 730
Series: Hamilton High True-To-Life
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.77 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Self-Esteem
 
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In the 9th grade, Emmy is an A student, a soccer star, and a lead soprano in the school choir. She won't let her alcoholic mother or her father, long gone, stand in her way. Emmy falls for Art, a junior who is also one of the choir's lead singers. Art is a dream of a boyfriend until Emmy finds that she's pregnant. Then he wants nothing to do with her. Her mother is furious and wants her to have an abortion. Her guidance counselor claims that Emmy's life will be ruined, and only one of her friends tries to stand by her. But what does Emmy want, and what about her dreams, if she chooses a new life as a single mother?

Contributor Bio(s): Reynolds, Marilyn: - Marilyn Reynolds is the author of eleven books of realistic teen fiction, all part of the popular and award-winning True-to-Life Series from Hamilton High. Marilyn is also the author of a book for educators, I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers. She has a variety of published personal essays to her credit and was nominated for an Emmy for the ABC Afterschool Special teleplay of Too Soon for Jeff. Ms. Reynolds worked with reluctant learners and teens in crises at a southern California alternative high school for thirty years. She remains actively involved in education through author presentations to middle and high school students ranging from struggling readers to highly motivated writers who are interested in developing work for possible publication. She also presents staff development workshops for educators and is often a guest speaker for programs and organizations that serve teens, parents, teachers, and writers.