The Pregnancy Project by Rodriguez, Gaby

The Pregnancy Project (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442446229)

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The Pregnancy Project by Rodriguez, Gaby

The Pregnancy Project

$18.99
The Pregnancy Project by Rodriguez, Gaby

The Pregnancy Project

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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When high school senior Gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a Lifetime movie.

It started as a school project, but it turned into so much more.

Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers; from an outsider's perspective, it was practically a family tradition. Gaby had ambitions that didn't include teen motherhood. But she wondered: how would she be treated if she fulfilled others' expectations? Would everyone ignore the years she put into being a good student and see her as just another pregnant teen statistic with no future? These questions sparked Gaby's high school senior project: faking her own pregnancy to see how her family, friends, and community would react. What she learned changed her life forever...and made international headlines in the process.

In The Pregnancy Project, Gaby details how she was able to fake her own pregnancy, hiding the truth from even her siblings and boyfriend's parents, and reveals all that she learned from the experience. But more than that, Gaby's story is about fighting stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to forge a bright future for herself.

Author: Gaby Rodriguez
ISBN-10: 1442446226
ISBN-13: 9781442446229
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2012
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.82w x 0.89d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151534 / Pregnancy Project: A Memoir

Award: Iowa High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Florida Teens Read - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2011
People 01/23/2012 pg. 50
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2012 pg. 620 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 02/15/2012 pg. 38
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 187
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2012
By Gaby Rodriguez
By Gaby Rodriguez
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Gaby Rodriguez made national headlines in 2011 when, as a seventeen-year-old high school senior from Toppenish, Washington, she revealed she had faked a pregnancy for a class project. Her experience inspired a Lifetime movie, also titled The Pregnancy Project. Her grades were in the top 5% of her graduating class, and she was a commencement speaker. She was also in the ASB Leadership group and president of the school's chapter of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil de Chicanos de Aztlan: Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan). She was raised by her single mom and has seven brothers and sisters.

Jenna Glatzer is the author or ghostwriter of more than thirty books. She has worked with Celine Dion on the authorized biography Celine Dion: For Keeps, and with Marilyn Monroe's estate for The Marilyn Monroe Treasures. She also writes for publications such asThe Washington Post, Healthline, and USA TODAY. She lives in New York, where she allows drag queens to poison her daughter's mind at brunches and Tupperware parties. Find out more at JennaGlatzer.com.

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