The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

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Title: The First Part Last
Author: Angela Johnson
Number of Pages: 132 pages
My Rating: 4/5

Sixteen-year-old Bobby is living with his mom, trying to finish up high school, and raising his baby daughter by himself. With chapters alternating between "now" and "then", this tells the story of how Bobby ended up a single parent and what happens after.

This was well-written and enjoyable, though I thought having Nia end up a vegetable in a nursing home was a little over the top. It's nice to see a book about a teen father (and a black teen father at that), and I liked that even though Bobby's parents were divorced, his dad was still in the picture and he even goes to live with his dad near the end. His older brother is also shown being an active parent to his own kids.


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Comments

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

I loved this book; I recently checked it out again. I liked the one chapter with Nia.