This document provides a summary of books and resources related to teen pregnancy. It lists several high profile teen pregnancies including Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin. It then recommends several young adult novels that deal with topics of teen pregnancy such as Dancing Naked by Shelley Hrdlitschka and Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. The document concludes with additional resources and a bibliography of sources related to teen pregnancy statistics and studies.

1. Teen Pregnancy Booktalk Julie M. Esanu757: Young Adult MaterialsProfessor Pat FeehanNovember 18, 2008

2. What’s the Hot Topic?

3. Jamie Lynn Spears

4. Bristol Palin

5. What about the boyfriends and fathers?

6. Pregnancy Pacts?

7. America’s Children in Brief Source: CDC

9. Dancing Naked Shelley Hrdlitschka

10. November Blues Sharon Draper

11. The First Part Last Angela Johnson

12. Someone Like You Sarah Dessen

13. Additional Recommendations

14. Thank you! Comments and questions can be sent to jesanu@verizon.net

15. Bibliography Anonymous. (1998). Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (B. Sparks, ed.). New York: Avon. Downham, J. (2007). Before I die. Oxford: David Fickling Books. Dessen, S. (2004). Someone like you. New York: Puffin Books. Draper, S. (2007). November blues. New York: Atheneum Books. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family, Statistics. (2008). America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being2008 Press Release. Retrieved November 17, 2008, from http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/press_release.asp Hrdlitschka, S. (2001), Dancing naked. Victoria, Canada: Orca Book Publishers. Johnson, A. (2004). The first part last. New York: Simon & Schuster. Kingsbury, K. (2008, June 18). Pregnancy boom at Gloucester. Time. Retrieved November 17, 2008, from http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html Stein, R. (2008, November 3). Study first to link TV sex to real teen pregnancies. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2008, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/11/03/ST2008110300038.html Note: Images were copied from various online sources, including authors’ websites, under fair-use provisions.