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Jumping Off Swings

Jumping Off Swings

by Jo Knowles
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/10/2011

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One pregnancy. Four friends. It all adds up to a profound time of change in this poignant, sensitively written YA novel.

Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they begged for more. And when she gave it to them, she felt loved. For a while anyway. So when Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows. But their "one-time thing" is far from perfect: Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak, while their confidantes, Caleb and Corinne, deal with their own complex swirl of emotions. No matter what Ellie chooses, all four teenagers will be forced to grow up a little faster as a result. Told alternately from each character's point of view, this deeply insightful novel explores the aftershocks of the biggest decision of one fragile girl's life - and the realities of leaving innocence behind.
ISBN:
9780763652968
9780763652968
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
25-10-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
198x133x17mm
Weight:
0.2kg
Jo Knowles

Jo Knowles is the author of Read Between the Lines and See You at Harry’s as well as several other acclaimed young adult novels.

She lives in Vermont with her family.

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