Annie's Baby
The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 28, 2004
When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated.
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- Who it’s for
- A diary’s intimate voice brings fear, hope, and the hard questions of young motherhood close.
- Themes
- Teen pregnancy, Isolation and self-doubt, Parenting alone
- Genres
- Teen Pregnancy, Letters & Diaries for Teens, Abuse & Trauma for Teens
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When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the desperate hope that some day she can turn her life around. She decides she wants to keep her baby and dreams of loving and caring for this little person.
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But after the baby is born, it's in her diary that she faces the agonizing question: Can she really raise this child on her own?
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A diary’s intimate voice brings fear, hope, and the hard questions of young motherhood close.
Come here for
- A candid, inward look at fear and hope.
- The tension between wanting to raise a child and wondering if she can.
Expect
- An intimate diary perspective on pregnancy and parenting alone.
- A deeply personal account of panic, self-doubt, and hope.
Where it sits
| Teen Pregnancy | 92% |
|---|---|
| Letters & Diaries for Teens | 85% |
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- Letters & Diaries for Teens
- YA Adoption Stories
- YA Stories About Parents
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- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Historical YA
- YA Horror
- Contemporary YA Romance
- Authors
- Beatrice Sparks
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 28, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Teen pregnancy · Isolation and self-doubt · Parenting alone
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age