| The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom is a graphic novel which opens when Kathy, the main character, has a child, a girl, at age seventeen. She still wants to keep to her dreams of going to college, but faces discouragement at every turn. Her mother raised three kids alone and her sister has four. No one wants to help, in fact they are demeaning towards her.
But Kathy keeps her dreams intact because she loves her daughter, Stacie, and she sets off to get a job to support her and her child and save money for college. She works in a factory and eventually gets fired. She sets off cross country with a boyfriend she met at the factory and everything looks good until he becomes a batterer and she has to flee. She finds herself in the desert and has a spiritual experience which helps her to have the strength to keep going and she has some luch and makes it to a friend's house in a city. There she gets back on her feet and meets Jackie, who tells her about financial aid and Metro College. Soon Kathy has realized her dream and is on the equestrian team, taking art and ballet classes and being asked her opinion about literature. She feels that her life is meaningful and wonders what her purpose might be on earth and how she might make a contribution. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - upbeat Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Pregnancy/Child rearing Yes Major part of story: Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school Loving/sexing? - bun/oven Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - a teen Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 () Desert? Yes City? Yes City: - dirty, grimy (like New York) |
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