Detour for Emmy (Hamilton High
series) by Marilyn Reynolds
My Favorite Book Of All Time.
A selection of ALA Best Books for Young Adults, this novel tells the story
of a 15-year-old girl who must face the consequences of becoming
pregnant.
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* ISBN13: 9780930934767
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* Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Personal Review: Detour for Emmy (Hamilton High series) by
Marilyn Reynolds
First of all Emmy is a freshman in high school. She lives with her brother
and her mother. Her brother is a drug attic who is always in rehad, well
most the time. Emmy's mother is always out drinking. Shes only normal
half the time. Well while Emmy is in school she meets a guy named Art.
She finds out that he likes her too so they start dating. Emmy is constantly
sneaks Art in and out of her house while her mother is out drinking. Art is a
straight A student and has big plans to go to standford college. Als o,
Emmy had big plans of attending standford for her college education.
Emmy and Art start partying with eachother and become closer and closer
everyday. One night Emmy has sex with Art and don't really want to, but
she does. Art always tells her that if she loved him she would do it. Art
always trys pressuring her to have sex, so one night they have sex on a
beach. Emmy forgets to use protection. After awhile, Emmy starts to feel
sick and is throwing up often. So Emmy goes to the nurse at school. The
nurses gives her a checkup and Emmy finds put that she is pregnant.
Emmy is scared, confused, and dont know how to tell Art. So during choir,
she trys to explain to him the problem. Art doesnt beileve her until she
srarts crying and passes out. Emmy and Arts relationship starts falling
apart from there. When Emmy told her mother, she was furiated. She was
sure her mother wasnt going to help her, and what she thought was right.
Emmy was alone and by herslef for the nine months of her pregnancy. Her
mother wouldn't help her and would barely talk to her. When Emmy has
the baby her and Art get back together. Emmy and Art took the baby over
to Arts house. At first when Emmy and Art told his parents, they didnt
beileve them. His father and mother thought that it was just a child Emmy
was babysitting for. The baby has the same birthmark as Art and its in the
same place. Now they know that its Arts baby for sure. A little later in time,
Art and Emmy breakup and Art goes off to Standford like he planned.
Before he leaves he visits Emmy and the baby (Rosie). Now Emmy is
living at home with her mother, cant go off to standford and live the life she
wanted.
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