About the Book
Through candid interviews, ten teenage girls talk openly about their pregnancies and how their lives were affected by it. They also discuss the difficult decisions they faced upon discovering they were pregnant.
One out of five teenage women in the United States gets pregnant. Four of five teens is sexually active. In "Dear Diary I'm Pregnant," ten teens talk about their personal experience of pregnancy. The selection of poignant, first-person accounts of courage and bravery chronicles a balanced range of experiences, including abortion, adoption, and deciding to keep the child. Young women from various regions, income brackets and cultures are represented. They are articulate and insightful; their stories are sure to resonate with young people.