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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228667505 Title: The lit report Author: Sarah N Harvey Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9781551439051 1551439050 OCLC:228667505

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The lit report

Author:	Sarah N Harvey
Publisher:	Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, 2008.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	When preacher's daughter Ruth gets pregnant after a wild party, her best friend Julia, determined to support her friend, comes up with a plan that may crumble under unexpected complications from her family and Ruth's brother Jonah.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 1 with a review
Subjects	Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage pregnancy -- Juvenile fiction. Infants -- Juvenile fiction. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Novels Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Material Type:	Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Sarah N Harvey Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781551439051 1551439050
OCLC Number:	228667505
Awards:	Commended for Resource Links "The Year's Best" 2008 (Canada)
Description:	197 pages ; 21 cm
Responsibility:	Sarah N. Harvey.

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When preacher's daughter Ruth gets pregnant after a wild party, her best friend Julia, determined to support her friend, comes up with a plan that may crumble under unexpected complications from her family and Ruth's brother Jonah.

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Great character in a pretty-good story

by tiamatq (WorldCat user published 2009-04-28) Good

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With the help of some famous first lines, Julia tells the story of her best friend Ruth's pregnancy, from the confession that Ruth "did it" at a party to the summer that Ruth gives birth to a baby girl, all while keeping the pregnancy a secret. Julia is a planner and a researcher, and as a devoted best friend, she does everything she can to help the sometimes volatile Ruth make it through their junior year of high school without anyone, particularly her Bible-thumping parents, know that she's pregnant. It helps that Ruth's stepmother is also giving birth during the year, with the assistance of a midwife. As the year quickly goes by, Ruth and Julia begin to change, each adapting new roles that neither girl ever planned.

This is one of those strange novels that has an awesome main character - Julia is well-developed, clever, and funny - and a somewhat mediocre plot. Ruth's pregnancy is treated somewhat lightly, though there are several spots where the author seems to warn readers that it's probably not a good idea to help your teenage friend give birth without the aid of a trained doctor or any sort of medical facility. This point just doesn't ever sink in. The story also deals with post-partum depression, probably an uncommon element in young adult novels. It was nice to see this issue brought up. It was hard to understand why Ruth and Julia were friends, considering Ruth was downright abusive during most of the story. I also lost track of several other plot elements, such as Julia losing a ton of weight, the romance between Julia and Ruth's brother, or the developing relationship between Julia and her stepmother. Parts of the story work very well, but other pieces are just garbled; for example, Julia's mother just doesn't seem to be the same character as she was at the start of the book (I get that Julia gains appreciation for her mother's strength). The characters are also very anti-Christian, which I imagine could turn off a lot of readers. However, the story-telling device of using first-lines is a great one.

I'm curious to see more from this author, because it's a well-written story and can be enjoyable. I'd just like to see it tidied up a bit more. This reminded me a lot of Chris Crutcher's books.

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