Books about Teen Parents: Messages and Omissions

As Louise Rosenblatt tells us, reading allows us to learn about the world and ourselves, encouraging us to think about life choices and possible outcomes. Novels can also teach us about the consequences of decisions and frame our thinking about the future. With this in mind, we set out to gather narratives written for young adults that deal with teenage pregnancy and parenting. In this article, we share eight messages found in seventeen short stories and books, realizing that the meanings we derived from the books are subjective.