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Nine Months #3
Jasmine
Jasmine is a 19-year-old college freshman studying accounting at UNLVand a professional dancer in Las Vegas. After being date-raped by the director of her show, Jasmine gets pregnant. She tries to keep the baby and support it on her own, but is finding it hard. She no longer can practice enough to be a great dancer, and drops out of school. After a fateful decision, she is forced to acknowledge that she cant take care of her daughter and gives her up for adoption. She returns home to New Jersey where she gets a job as a waitress. One day her dance instructor from high school comes into the restaurant where Jasmine is working and offers her a job teaching dance to teens. When she finds herself back on her feet and self-sufficient, she is determined to get her daughter back.
215 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2016
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April 29, 2016
Jasmine is a 19 year college student who dreams of becoming a dancer. Those dreams are cut short however, when she is date raped and impregnated by her boss at his company Christmas party. Jasmine faces difficult decisions - should she keep the baby or have an abortion? Should she continue with school or move back to New Jersey to be with her mother? Should she give her baby up for adoption? Jasmine makes hard calls all while trying to remain level headed.
This book is written for hi/lo readers and attempts to tackle some pretty tough issues, albeit unsuccessfully. Then ending I found to be completely unrealistic. Jasmine's daughter Orchid was living with an amazing family for a whole year before she tried to get her back. Orchid had bonded with the Martins and was clearly traumatized when she was removed back into Jasmine's care. This tragic situation was dealt with nothing more than an "oh well, that's life" attitude. Jasmine also didn't seem to emotionally deal with any of the fall out from the rape. Over all the story is interesting enough to keep reader's attention, but it is not particularly well written.
Recommended as optional for high school students in need of hi/lo books.
This book is written for hi/lo readers and attempts to tackle some pretty tough issues, albeit unsuccessfully. Then ending I found to be completely unrealistic. Jasmine's daughter Orchid was living with an amazing family for a whole year before she tried to get her back. Orchid had bonded with the Martins and was clearly traumatized when she was removed back into Jasmine's care. This tragic situation was dealt with nothing more than an "oh well, that's life" attitude. Jasmine also didn't seem to emotionally deal with any of the fall out from the rape. Over all the story is interesting enough to keep reader's attention, but it is not particularly well written.
Recommended as optional for high school students in need of hi/lo books.
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