num_pages: 131
description: This little thing with the perfect face and hands doing nothing but counting on me. And me wanting nothing else but to run crying into my own mom's room and have her do the whole thing.It's not going to happen....Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy -- impulsive, eager, restless. On his sixteenth birthday he gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever. She's pregnant. Bobby's going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and hanging with friends no longer seem important as they're replaced by visits to Nia's obstetrician and a social worker who says that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put their baby up for adoption.With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson looks at the male side of teen pregnancy as she delves into one young man's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. No matter what the cost.
language: English
title: The First Part Last
titlecomplete: The First Part Last (Michael L. Printz Award - Winner)
genres: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, High School, Young Adult, African American, Teen, Cultural, Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 15691
series: Heaven
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Georgia Peach Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Green Mountain Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Gateway Readers Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers