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A review by ckausch
Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
2.0
Jo Knowles examines how one unwanted teenage pregnancy can affect many people, and the outcomes from the different choices available to someone when an unwanted pregnancy is discovered....
Of the four main characters, I felt like Ellie, the pregnant girl, was the weakest...This is definitely a "problem novel" - the reader is dropped into the beginning of the problem, and the book ends with the characters trying to move on after facing the problem...But it serves its purpose well enough, is a fast read...
Full review at http://dogearedandwellread.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/jumping-off-swings-by-jo-knowles/
Of the four main characters, I felt like Ellie, the pregnant girl, was the weakest...This is definitely a "problem novel" - the reader is dropped into the beginning of the problem, and the book ends with the characters trying to move on after facing the problem...But it serves its purpose well enough, is a fast read...
Full review at http://dogearedandwellread.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/jumping-off-swings-by-jo-knowles/