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Bluford High #17
The Test
The Test follows the story of Liselle Mason, a former Bluford student who first appeared in Until We Meet Again. Liselle Mason is in trouble. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price, her moody classmate at Bluford High. But when Liselle's clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly, she panics. A pregnancy test confirms her biggest fears. Unwilling to admit the truth, Liselle suddenly faces a world with no easy answers. Where will she turn? Who will she tell? What will she do?
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2010
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Peggy Kern
11 books89 followersPeggy Kern is the author of two books for the Bluford High Series. She lives with her daughter in Massachusetts.
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September 28, 2012
I just a book called The Test by Peggy Kern. The main character is named Liselle Mason and she is in trouble. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price. The setting takes place in the past about how she got pregnant.
I loved this book I give it an A+ right off the back. I loved the fact that it kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time! The author gets so specific with the character’s feelings. I would recommend this book to mostly girls. For one the main character is a girl. Its drama so girls would like it more then boys. And only girls can go though what she went though.
I loved this book I give it an A+ right off the back. I loved the fact that it kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time! The author gets so specific with the character’s feelings. I would recommend this book to mostly girls. For one the main character is a girl. Its drama so girls would like it more then boys. And only girls can go though what she went though.
March 28, 2011
What would you have done if you found out you were pregnant? Would you have runaway or just faced your mom and dad? For Liselle Morton she was afraid to face the fact that she was pregnant and she was afraid that her mom would be disappointed in her for not being responsible.
Liselle was a normal girl who went to high school, but like most teenagers she got caught up in something that wasn’t right. One summer Liselle meets up with a guy thinking he really liked her. Little did she know all he wanted to do was to have a good time and not think about the consequences that would happen later? The consequence that happens later soon changes Liselle’s life forever.
Liselle’s journey as a mom changes how she acts and thinks. This is why she thought it would be good tell the other girls about her life thinking it would change their choices before it was too late. Since the girls were young and in high school they really didn’t care about what she had to say all they wanted to know was why she was here. In the end her lecture changed their lives and the way they think about life and what they would like to do in their future.
This book helps girls think about what they are going to do before they do and its how’s that they are not alone. Even thought his book is helpful, it’s not for everyone. Some people may think that this is just another story about how a girl gets pregnant which is nothing new in this world. Especially since most upcoming moms don’t try as hard a lissele to do something better for their life and their baby. And they also do not think about their actions. Will Liselle go back home with her mom or get an apartment with her cousin? Will Oscar the baby's father ever call or will Liselle hunt him down herself? I strongly recommend this book to girls who think being a teen mom is the thing to do while you’re still in school, because I truly think this book will change your mind.
Liselle was a normal girl who went to high school, but like most teenagers she got caught up in something that wasn’t right. One summer Liselle meets up with a guy thinking he really liked her. Little did she know all he wanted to do was to have a good time and not think about the consequences that would happen later? The consequence that happens later soon changes Liselle’s life forever.
Liselle’s journey as a mom changes how she acts and thinks. This is why she thought it would be good tell the other girls about her life thinking it would change their choices before it was too late. Since the girls were young and in high school they really didn’t care about what she had to say all they wanted to know was why she was here. In the end her lecture changed their lives and the way they think about life and what they would like to do in their future.
This book helps girls think about what they are going to do before they do and its how’s that they are not alone. Even thought his book is helpful, it’s not for everyone. Some people may think that this is just another story about how a girl gets pregnant which is nothing new in this world. Especially since most upcoming moms don’t try as hard a lissele to do something better for their life and their baby. And they also do not think about their actions. Will Liselle go back home with her mom or get an apartment with her cousin? Will Oscar the baby's father ever call or will Liselle hunt him down herself? I strongly recommend this book to girls who think being a teen mom is the thing to do while you’re still in school, because I truly think this book will change your mind.
May 30, 2013
The book I read is called “The Test”, written by Peggy Kern. This book is about a girl name Liselle Mason, a high school student that is dedicated to her school more than a social life. In it she talks about her personal life and what it was like in her high school years. Liselle has been through a lot in her life, she now has a kid and not with the baby’s daddy. She had some up and downs that brought her to do some things without thinking. She once met this guy name Oscar; he was the perfect, handsome guy in school. Liselle went to a party and met with him, they talked and they had fun. Then, Oscar took Liselle back to his place and they had sexual intercourse. Liselle then found out that that’s all Oscar wanted from her and a few weeks passed and she found out she was pregnant. She didn’t want to confront him about it because she didn’t know how he was going to react to it. She then told him and he denied it. Few more weeks passed he wanted to straighten things up with her but then she knew things wouldn’t work out the way she wanted. Liselle then worked hard to support herself and her baby without Oscar in it.
I honestly can say that I can recommend this book. I recommend it to young teenage girls that want to go out and party like everyone else and think everything is going to be ok. Something bad always happens at a party without supervision. Girls’ need someone by their side because I can say were weaker and less defensive. This book is a great one because it doesn’t say it’s based on a true story but a lot of girls right now on these days can relate to something similar to it.
I really liked this story because it shows lots of girls that nothing and no one should ever give up in life even if you’re about to have a baby or have a baby already. This book has inspired me to not give up in life and motivated me to keep going to school no matter what circumstance I am in there’s always a way out. Now I am about to graduate, attend college, and get a job thanks to this book. I can say I have recommended girls who I see that really need it to not make a mistake she will later in life regret.
I honestly can say that I can recommend this book. I recommend it to young teenage girls that want to go out and party like everyone else and think everything is going to be ok. Something bad always happens at a party without supervision. Girls’ need someone by their side because I can say were weaker and less defensive. This book is a great one because it doesn’t say it’s based on a true story but a lot of girls right now on these days can relate to something similar to it.
I really liked this story because it shows lots of girls that nothing and no one should ever give up in life even if you’re about to have a baby or have a baby already. This book has inspired me to not give up in life and motivated me to keep going to school no matter what circumstance I am in there’s always a way out. Now I am about to graduate, attend college, and get a job thanks to this book. I can say I have recommended girls who I see that really need it to not make a mistake she will later in life regret.
March 10, 2011
To be honest, this is the first Bluford book that I have read start-to-finish. If this is typical of the series, than I approve of it even more. I like that we (the readers) see the evolution in Liselle's thinking as she confronts the reality of her pregnancy. I like the honest depictions of her aunt and cousin and of her would-be boyfriend. I sympathize with the feelings of insecurity that led her to have such a lapse in judgment, but I hope that younger readers hear the message that she is insinuating. I also have high regards for the triple framework in this story -- Liselle at 20, Liselle at 16, and Liselle as she courts the boy.
One thing that I did frown upon was Liselle's mental note about the "plain" girl who was so nice and helpful to her. That girl said that she was going to college in the fall, and Liselle thought to herself "of course you are." Maybe Liselle is just expressing her frustration at herself, but I worry that she is falling prey to self-victimization.
I also like the ending, when the story returns to the "present day." I like that Liselle has a revelatory moment about her own future, while she is in the midst of these other high school students.
One thing that I did frown upon was Liselle's mental note about the "plain" girl who was so nice and helpful to her. That girl said that she was going to college in the fall, and Liselle thought to herself "of course you are." Maybe Liselle is just expressing her frustration at herself, but I worry that she is falling prey to self-victimization.
I also like the ending, when the story returns to the "present day." I like that Liselle has a revelatory moment about her own future, while she is in the midst of these other high school students.
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May 4, 2011this book is about a valueable teen that learns a valueable lesson on sex and pregnancy. she was 16 when she found out she was pregnant and when she told her baby daddy he ignored her like they never knew eachother. she told her mom and she was very dissapointed at her beacause of the talk they had.
it brings me to the conclusion that teen sex should not be valueable until you reach a proper age and realy know that your ready for that decision. beacause of the teen sex theres at 30% school average of girls that get pregnant in one yea. and most of them think its a good idea of getting pregnant while there doing it.
it brings me to the conclusion that teen sex should not be valueable until you reach a proper age and realy know that your ready for that decision. beacause of the teen sex theres at 30% school average of girls that get pregnant in one yea. and most of them think its a good idea of getting pregnant while there doing it.
January 6, 2012
This book was good. it teaches young girls/old girls a good lesson dnt fall in love fast and dont have kids at an earley age and finsh school, And do what you gotta do why you got the chance. because you well wish you did. When i read this book i thought it was gone be good which is was as soon as you start reading your not going to want to stop. This girl goes threw a lot of stuff just because of one mistake.
March 17, 2017
This book is about a girl who got pregnant and her mom kick her out because she was pregnant and also she didn't know that she have a boyfriend but the boyfriend have sex with Leslie and he left her, then she went to her cousin's house to take care of her.
November 11, 2012
Liselle Madison is a teenager at Bluford high school.Liselle is in trouble when she finds out shes pregnant.Liselle had to go to the doctors because she fainted at school while Liselle was at the the doctors she surprises her mom by telling her shes pregnant.So her mom told the doctor if they can do a test to see if Lisellle is really pregnant,the doctor takes a test and comes back with the results in her hand and looks up to the mom and says yes your daughter is pregnant.Liselle didn't want her mom to figure it out that way. Once they got home her mom started yelling at her,so Liselle got mad and told her mom she was going to run away.When Lisellle ran away she went to her dads house but her dad didn't want her there.Lisellle ended up at her cousins house who also had a baby in high school.One day her cousin left Liselle with the her baby Liselle didn't know what to do to stop the baby from crying,when she couldn't take it no more she called her cousins mother and told her what had happened.5 minute later her cousins mom burst in and said "Whats going on."Liselle didn't know what to say ,her aunty picked up the baby and felt that she was hot.1 hour later her cousin walks in and gets in trouble for leaving Liselle with the baby.The next morning Liselle walked past her high school and saw her babies dad Oscar Price she calls him over and by talking to her whole world changed.
In this book The Test the character that would I perfer is the main character Liselle. I pick Liselle because she learned by her mistakes . She got pregnant at the age of 16 at Bluford high school.Liselle felt like she did wrong by getting pregnant because she didnt have the perfect baby dad,and the perfect life for the baby to be in. She has thought she already struggled taking care of her cousins baby so she thought she would struggle with her own baby. I have a connection with Liselle ,she makes mistakes in her life and i make mistakes in my own life. One of my mistakes is when I talk back to my mom and get in trouble.One of Liselle mistakes is when she got pregnant at the age 16 and only in high school. That is why I perfer Liselle as my favorite character.
I recommend The Test to girls who are young . I perfer this because young girls need to think before they do anything. Another reason why I perfer young girls is beacause girls like Liselle need to know when is the perfect time to have a baby. I think the perfect time to have a family is when u finish high school and college. Also young girls need to know they can be or become someting in life.Young girls need to know that thier education is more important than having a boyfriend finish high school and go to college and finish. So really think before doing anything. Also finish high school,and college. That is why i recommend The Test to girls who are young.
In this book The Test the character that would I perfer is the main character Liselle. I pick Liselle because she learned by her mistakes . She got pregnant at the age of 16 at Bluford high school.Liselle felt like she did wrong by getting pregnant because she didnt have the perfect baby dad,and the perfect life for the baby to be in. She has thought she already struggled taking care of her cousins baby so she thought she would struggle with her own baby. I have a connection with Liselle ,she makes mistakes in her life and i make mistakes in my own life. One of my mistakes is when I talk back to my mom and get in trouble.One of Liselle mistakes is when she got pregnant at the age 16 and only in high school. That is why I perfer Liselle as my favorite character.
I recommend The Test to girls who are young . I perfer this because young girls need to think before they do anything. Another reason why I perfer young girls is beacause girls like Liselle need to know when is the perfect time to have a baby. I think the perfect time to have a family is when u finish high school and college. Also young girls need to know they can be or become someting in life.Young girls need to know that thier education is more important than having a boyfriend finish high school and go to college and finish. So really think before doing anything. Also finish high school,and college. That is why i recommend The Test to girls who are young.
April 30, 2012
This book take place at Bluford high school, so far i had read that this book is about a girl who is pregnant, Her name is Liselle . She found that she was pregnant in school when he used a pregnancy test, she could believe it because she didn't felt anything wrong with her, but one senior was at the school still and she went to the bathroom and saw the pregnancy test in her hands. She couldn't believed it and lissele told her not to tell anybody because she wants to keep it as a secret and if she says something it wont be a secret anymore because they are going to spread the rumor all over the school and she might get in trouble with her mother because she is to young to be pregnant.
Today i read that liselle its really sure that she is pregnant and that now she had 2 of her friends Oscar and Kendra, she was thinking about telling her best friend but the fact that she was thinking about that her stomach twist around. But now she feels uncomfortable when she sees her friends she don't even like to see them she is scare that they might make fun of her. She was hoping that the pregnancy test was wrong.
Today i read that liselle its really sure that she is pregnant and that now she had 2 of her friends Oscar and Kendra, she was thinking about telling her best friend but the fact that she was thinking about that her stomach twist around. But now she feels uncomfortable when she sees her friends she don't even like to see them she is scare that they might make fun of her. She was hoping that the pregnancy test was wrong.
May 28, 2014
Your not feeling well and just a few weeks ago you had unprotected sex with a boy named Oscar, but you ignore every symptom your body is giving off.
This is exactly what occurred with Leslie Monroe a high schooler and during the summer not thinking she believes a boy is into her little does she know he just wants a good time. Little things begin to change, her emotions and then her clothes.
Leslie is now a mother and she must learn the hard way of being a mom, yet she still attends school. Though this life experience was extremely hard for her to adjust to she later comes back to her high school and tries to teach the present high schoolers of what carelessness might end up at.
I enjoyed reading this book although it was sad to see a african american female struggle it has taught me a lesson about careless mistakes.
This is exactly what occurred with Leslie Monroe a high schooler and during the summer not thinking she believes a boy is into her little does she know he just wants a good time. Little things begin to change, her emotions and then her clothes.
Leslie is now a mother and she must learn the hard way of being a mom, yet she still attends school. Though this life experience was extremely hard for her to adjust to she later comes back to her high school and tries to teach the present high schoolers of what carelessness might end up at.
I enjoyed reading this book although it was sad to see a african american female struggle it has taught me a lesson about careless mistakes.
September 20, 2013
The Test is a great book because it teaches you valuable life lesson.
August 25, 2018
A good fast easy book to read the B.H books are so relatable and timeless.
Liselle is a naive teenager who likes a boy and believes all his lies unfortunately she's been in denial about her pregnancy.
She goes through the motions all insecure teenage girls do .... I didn't really find a likeable character in book the reality of being a TEEN, SINGLE MOM is hard as ever and she understands that sfter she has her own child.
I personally thought adoption would've been the right thing to do she just didn't seem ready financially, emotionally , or education wise.
Her cousin was dumb as hell who had a mother who enabled her I thought they would fight.
This was a realistic POV for a pregnant teen i wish they had pov books about teen dads
Liselle is a naive teenager who likes a boy and believes all his lies unfortunately she's been in denial about her pregnancy.
She goes through the motions all insecure teenage girls do .... I didn't really find a likeable character in book the reality of being a TEEN, SINGLE MOM is hard as ever and she understands that sfter she has her own child.
I personally thought adoption would've been the right thing to do she just didn't seem ready financially, emotionally , or education wise.
Her cousin was dumb as hell who had a mother who enabled her I thought they would fight.
This was a realistic POV for a pregnant teen i wish they had pov books about teen dads
March 10, 2017
its very in ter est ing..
December 12, 2013
The test is one of the greatest books that I ever read in life. When I say that I can compare my life to this book I mean it my whole life. It’s like from being a teen mother in high school from trying to finish school while being a teen mother in high school and trying to graduate at the same time. It’s like I know all about what Leslle Mason is talking about and going through.
Too I my whole life live in this book. When I saw the book cover of the book I knew I was go enjoy it!
The story took place at Buford High School. When Lesell old principle invited her to talk to some girls. Leslle was actually kind of nervous but she manage and being strong to talk to these young ladies to tell them her story. Life for Leslle was hard and that’s what she wanted to tell the girls but you know it’s always that one that thinks her tough. Like Leslle told them she was that tough girl and she no how it is. Leslle explained, and shouted those girls up and telling them to listen to her story.
So she began to tell the girls. So liselle went up to the fourth level restroom and she sat up the for hours. So she took the test out her backpack and kept saying this can't be true this can't be true. So for weeks, she ignored the changes of her body and tried not to forget get concerns and thoughts. Like her relationship with Oscar another young student at Buford high she was not trying to think of.
She meet him Oscar at a party that him and his cousin a thrown. So Oscar decided to go outside because he did not like how the kids were dancing and doing bad things so that when Liselle had saw him and sat right next to him and then they started to talk. That when Oscar asked Liselle did she want to go to a quiet place like in his room and she said yes. As him and her ended there convocation his cousin and friends was outside of the door and they were laughing when she can out the room because they thought they were doing something and he started to shake his cousin hands and give him high fives and she was thinking that boys always do that.
She on Monday she saw him and school and he did not even look her way so she was wondering why he was doing that for. So Liselle went over Oscar house after and they were kissing and stuff and do asked him do he have a condom and he was like no I have to go to the corner store. So Liselle took matter in her own hands and did it without protection and that's when it happen .So they can back to school on the next and the same thing happened again he didn't talk or even look her way.
This is when her life started to change when her clothing stop fitting her and she just did not want to appreciate that fact. She was at lunch and she had passed out so she had to go to the nurse and her mother had to pick her up. The nurse had suggested that she go to the doctor to see what's wrong with liselle. The doctor had told that she was pregnant and her mother was just so shocked. When they got home her mother was talking and said I did not even know that u had a boyfriend and she said when talk about using protection and stuff.
So Liselle took matter in her own hands and left so her big brother told her where are you going because mom told me to watch you a so he grab her arms and thought that her mother was judging her and everybody else. So she had her baby and became a great mother and also finished school. That's kind of like me a mother but also high schools graduate.
Too I my whole life live in this book. When I saw the book cover of the book I knew I was go enjoy it!
The story took place at Buford High School. When Lesell old principle invited her to talk to some girls. Leslle was actually kind of nervous but she manage and being strong to talk to these young ladies to tell them her story. Life for Leslle was hard and that’s what she wanted to tell the girls but you know it’s always that one that thinks her tough. Like Leslle told them she was that tough girl and she no how it is. Leslle explained, and shouted those girls up and telling them to listen to her story.
So she began to tell the girls. So liselle went up to the fourth level restroom and she sat up the for hours. So she took the test out her backpack and kept saying this can't be true this can't be true. So for weeks, she ignored the changes of her body and tried not to forget get concerns and thoughts. Like her relationship with Oscar another young student at Buford high she was not trying to think of.
She meet him Oscar at a party that him and his cousin a thrown. So Oscar decided to go outside because he did not like how the kids were dancing and doing bad things so that when Liselle had saw him and sat right next to him and then they started to talk. That when Oscar asked Liselle did she want to go to a quiet place like in his room and she said yes. As him and her ended there convocation his cousin and friends was outside of the door and they were laughing when she can out the room because they thought they were doing something and he started to shake his cousin hands and give him high fives and she was thinking that boys always do that.
She on Monday she saw him and school and he did not even look her way so she was wondering why he was doing that for. So Liselle went over Oscar house after and they were kissing and stuff and do asked him do he have a condom and he was like no I have to go to the corner store. So Liselle took matter in her own hands and did it without protection and that's when it happen .So they can back to school on the next and the same thing happened again he didn't talk or even look her way.
This is when her life started to change when her clothing stop fitting her and she just did not want to appreciate that fact. She was at lunch and she had passed out so she had to go to the nurse and her mother had to pick her up. The nurse had suggested that she go to the doctor to see what's wrong with liselle. The doctor had told that she was pregnant and her mother was just so shocked. When they got home her mother was talking and said I did not even know that u had a boyfriend and she said when talk about using protection and stuff.
So Liselle took matter in her own hands and left so her big brother told her where are you going because mom told me to watch you a so he grab her arms and thought that her mother was judging her and everybody else. So she had her baby and became a great mother and also finished school. That's kind of like me a mother but also high schools graduate.
August 6, 2012
What i thought about The test was that it shows teenagers that you really need to think about the things that you do befor something serious happens . THE test has some many important details about why you shouldn't get pregnant at a young age . Theres so many things that you can do in life but then after you have a baby younger than 20 it messes up your whole life and what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old but then it all changed when you terned 16 .you had you boy friend and your an high school freshman or whatever your in .
I recommend this book because it shows teenage girls that their not the only ones who have been in difficult situations in life. That there are other girls i n the world that are probably pregnant and didn't get to go to college had to pay bills didn't get to hang out with their friends and have their dream job. I say that once you hit the age 12 you can start reading the series and if you like to find Drama this book would be great for you . But mainly teenagers .
The examples that the book gives are more than enough great example to change your mind about your sex life . Especially on pages 106 and 92 because Leslie cousin had a child at 18 when Leslie was about 16 years old . She has her mom working every day so that her little girl can have food and pampers . But what she didn't realize that she didn't have the best education .she asked Leslie to watch her daughter for her and Leslie hasn't even have her child yet so how could she expect Leslie to take care of a baby so that she could go out with her friend because she barley goes out anymore .
My favorite character was Leslie mom because she showed anger but she also showed care after she found out that Leslie was pregnant one thing that made me think she cares is that she said that "your going to need me more than you ever have need me" . That shows me that she is willing to help take care of her grandchild and she also took her to all the doctors she need to see befor labor.
I recommend this book because it shows teenage girls that their not the only ones who have been in difficult situations in life. That there are other girls i n the world that are probably pregnant and didn't get to go to college had to pay bills didn't get to hang out with their friends and have their dream job. I say that once you hit the age 12 you can start reading the series and if you like to find Drama this book would be great for you . But mainly teenagers .
The examples that the book gives are more than enough great example to change your mind about your sex life . Especially on pages 106 and 92 because Leslie cousin had a child at 18 when Leslie was about 16 years old . She has her mom working every day so that her little girl can have food and pampers . But what she didn't realize that she didn't have the best education .she asked Leslie to watch her daughter for her and Leslie hasn't even have her child yet so how could she expect Leslie to take care of a baby so that she could go out with her friend because she barley goes out anymore .
My favorite character was Leslie mom because she showed anger but she also showed care after she found out that Leslie was pregnant one thing that made me think she cares is that she said that "your going to need me more than you ever have need me" . That shows me that she is willing to help take care of her grandchild and she also took her to all the doctors she need to see befor labor.
October 9, 2012
I would recommend this book because it is very interesting. There are a lot of suspenseful moments. This book would be a good read for anyone that is interested in a book that keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. Everytime I got through a chapter, I wanted to read more, and I didn't want to stop reading. The title is perfect for everything that is going on in the book because it talks about all of the different kinds of tests the main character faces. I also think that the plot, characters, and the ending are perfect for this book. The reason I think this is because of the emotion in the text. The plot also fits the ending because of all of the things that are going on in the book. This book earned 5 stars from me.
July 30, 2011
A book students will love due to the theme of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is not glamorized and the reality picture is portrayed. Teen pregnancy is a serious issue with our students today. Ten times more than it was 20 years ago. We need to talk more with students about teen pregnancy and STD's. Not just one Health class. They need this lesson every semester! No more soap box! Our students will LOVE The Test!
September 20, 2011
i think that this book is a good book it tells yu about how most sixteen year have babys in high school. in the book liselle wass a tuf girl in school doing bad things. then she had a baby so she had to stop her bad ways. but onday she had to back to her old school so she could talk to the other kids about how it is being a teenage parent. and how is hard raising a child by your self. and how its not good to be bad on school ect.....
March 8, 2011
great stays packed with drama
February 15, 2012
the book is realllyyyy good so far !
January 29, 2013
Best book I didn't like reading till I read this book
July 19, 2024
Not anywhere near the brilliance of Little Peach. Super basic story of a teen mom warning others to be more careful. This takes place when I was in high school. I'd have liked the dialogue to be that hip but I guess she didn't want it to be dated. I get its for high schoolers to read but even so, she didn't have to be so non-poetic, repetitive (especially w/ the word nervous), and unoriginal.
It was good to have the drama of hearing her dad speak so distraught on the phone and have her teen mom cousin be a contrasting positive for a bit, then inadvertently lend her some practice time w/ her baby. The end was obvious from the beginning, though nice I suppose.
It was good to have the drama of hearing her dad speak so distraught on the phone and have her teen mom cousin be a contrasting positive for a bit, then inadvertently lend her some practice time w/ her baby. The end was obvious from the beginning, though nice I suppose.
March 12, 2020
this book was defenetly eye opening for me, and im sure it would be for most girls my age. Liselle at age 16 found out she got pregnant with a guy who she barely even knew. She talks about the hardships of being a teen mom, and even goes to a school to talk about her experience. I give this a 5 star rating because it teaches girls a lesson, it taught me that my future is more important than boys and other stuff, it also taught me to know my worth and to not let guys make you feel down. Not only teen girls can read this, but anyone can, because its a very interesting story. Totally recommend
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December 4, 2014
Have you ever saw a TV show, a relative, or read a book about a girl 16 year old pregnant without any help from the Baby's dad. Well you have met this realistic fiction book "The Test" by Peggy Kern. This book was meant for Mature people, very pessimistic, and what young girls go through everyday. Overall, I thought this book was wonderful, intense, and a lesson to learn.
This book takes place at Bluford High and 4 years earlier because she comes to Bluford High school and tell the girls there her High school experience during her expecting time. Liselle wanted to believe that she wasn't pregnant ,but her brother saw her belly getting bigger and her clothes wasn't fitting. So, she took a pregnancy test and it ****spoiler Alert**** confirmed that she was. Then she went to the doctor and they told her she was four months pregnant and she dropped out of school. When she found out she was pregnant she didn't believe it so, she went to go get another pregnancy test and it confirmed it again. So, when her mother found out and she was getting on Liselle's nerves. Next she went to go live with her dad for a few days and he didn't want her there when she thought he did then, he called Liselle's mother and she overheard him and left a note on his bed and left to go live with her "favorite ccousin" daughter,and her mean old stuck-up mom. That didn't work out because Liselle and her cousin planned on getting a house together ,but Liselle's cousin likes to party to much and left her baby with Liselle one night and she had a fever. She went to call her mom ,but Liselle's Aunt really takes care of her so, she came home took care of her and Liselle's mom told her to go home back to her mom "I'm basically this little girl's momma your cousin ain't gonna act right. She gonna have you at home with this baby all day." She went to the school the next day to talk to Oscar and he wouldn't say anything to her (now this is what I call a DEADBEAT DAD)because he's to scared because of his cousin. So, she went to the doctor and she said I have to call somebody and her mom was right there and she said" there's no need I"m already here.
I didn't agree with the fact that Oscar shouldn't have been scared of his cousin to make fun of him because Liselle was "very ugly" and he has a baby by her.My favorite part was when her mother came to her rescue at the end in the Women's clinic after all she's put her through. Liselle and her mother has to stand strong and be the man and Dad that Oscar was supposed to be. Why did he let his cousin immaturity take over him? I mean he didn't even try to sneak and come back for his baby, just for his baby.
I couldn't understand why Liselle crazy self would turn on her mother and her mom had a right to be upset and she wasn't even upset that long. Liselle wasn't even grown yet. I was satisfied with at the end when they both came back to each other at the clinic. Her mother helped her even if she didn't want to and when she got done telling her story she said "I still don't talk to Oscar he don't know his daughter ,but we'll be okay and she's going to make it in life whether he's there for her or not, but I will say he will regret those ashamed moments when I came around and those minutes he could have been spending with his daughter."
To wrap up, on a scale from 1-5 I rate this book 5 because this is a lesson to learn for boys and girls be there for you're baby and Girls if you can help it don't get pregnant too early and this goes for everybody be respectful to your mom because you never know when you may not get to tell them that you love them or that you care about them. I would recommend this book to my friend Alek. Remember you should love your kids, encourage that relative, and keep watching that Tv show and reading that book. (In Maury's voice) YOU ARE THE FATHER!YOU ARE THE FATHER!
This book takes place at Bluford High and 4 years earlier because she comes to Bluford High school and tell the girls there her High school experience during her expecting time. Liselle wanted to believe that she wasn't pregnant ,but her brother saw her belly getting bigger and her clothes wasn't fitting. So, she took a pregnancy test and it ****spoiler Alert**** confirmed that she was. Then she went to the doctor and they told her she was four months pregnant and she dropped out of school. When she found out she was pregnant she didn't believe it so, she went to go get another pregnancy test and it confirmed it again. So, when her mother found out and she was getting on Liselle's nerves. Next she went to go live with her dad for a few days and he didn't want her there when she thought he did then, he called Liselle's mother and she overheard him and left a note on his bed and left to go live with her "favorite ccousin" daughter,and her mean old stuck-up mom. That didn't work out because Liselle and her cousin planned on getting a house together ,but Liselle's cousin likes to party to much and left her baby with Liselle one night and she had a fever. She went to call her mom ,but Liselle's Aunt really takes care of her so, she came home took care of her and Liselle's mom told her to go home back to her mom "I'm basically this little girl's momma your cousin ain't gonna act right. She gonna have you at home with this baby all day." She went to the school the next day to talk to Oscar and he wouldn't say anything to her (now this is what I call a DEADBEAT DAD)because he's to scared because of his cousin. So, she went to the doctor and she said I have to call somebody and her mom was right there and she said" there's no need I"m already here.
I didn't agree with the fact that Oscar shouldn't have been scared of his cousin to make fun of him because Liselle was "very ugly" and he has a baby by her.My favorite part was when her mother came to her rescue at the end in the Women's clinic after all she's put her through. Liselle and her mother has to stand strong and be the man and Dad that Oscar was supposed to be. Why did he let his cousin immaturity take over him? I mean he didn't even try to sneak and come back for his baby, just for his baby.
I couldn't understand why Liselle crazy self would turn on her mother and her mom had a right to be upset and she wasn't even upset that long. Liselle wasn't even grown yet. I was satisfied with at the end when they both came back to each other at the clinic. Her mother helped her even if she didn't want to and when she got done telling her story she said "I still don't talk to Oscar he don't know his daughter ,but we'll be okay and she's going to make it in life whether he's there for her or not, but I will say he will regret those ashamed moments when I came around and those minutes he could have been spending with his daughter."
To wrap up, on a scale from 1-5 I rate this book 5 because this is a lesson to learn for boys and girls be there for you're baby and Girls if you can help it don't get pregnant too early and this goes for everybody be respectful to your mom because you never know when you may not get to tell them that you love them or that you care about them. I would recommend this book to my friend Alek. Remember you should love your kids, encourage that relative, and keep watching that Tv show and reading that book. (In Maury's voice) YOU ARE THE FATHER!YOU ARE THE FATHER!
October 31, 2014
EhMan Book Report
10/30/14
American Studies
The Test by Peggy Kern
The book “The Test” is about a girl named Liselle who is pregnant when she was 16 years old. The book talks about how she tell the student her story and hope they don’t make a mistake just like she did. The book start off with Liselle going back to the same school she attended and talk about her story with kids. She started talking about her trying to hide her pregnant because she don’t know if it was true that she was. She’s struggling with trying to hide it and one day, she fainted in the lunch room where everyone was there. Liselle mom was shocked when she hears that her daughter is pregnant. After the argument, Liselle moved with her dad he was also worried of how his daughter is going to take care of her baby. After that, Liselle had enough and moved into with her friends who was also pregnant and already had a baby at a young age too. Her friend told her that it’s not that hard to have a baby and that people will help you and there is no worry. Liselle believed her and she thought it wasn’t going to be hard until one day she had to watch her friend baby. Whatever she do, the baby won't stop crying and there she realized that it was going to be hard. Liselle and her boyfriend are still together. He still help her and it was not easy. She moved back with her family after a while. This book is about the struggle of teenage mom.
In this book you can see the struggle of Liselle being pregnant and having to take care of her baby while she is young. “I can’t take care of her myself” is the quote that proves that Liselle is struggling. Liselle argue with her parents and her boyfriend was little help but later on the story, he help a lot with taking care of the baby. In the story, Liselle had people help her take care of the baby because she couldn’t do all by herself. She is young and she still have to go to school. Every Night, she would struggle putting her baby to sleep and sometimes had to get up in the night because her baby was crying. It was a real struggle for her because she’s has a lot of stuff to do other than taking care of her baby. The quotes connect to the big idea because she can’t take care of her baby by herself and she needed a lot of support and help from friends, and family.
This book is fine for me because it is the right level for me to read even though it is like a book for a fifth grader. The story flows pretty well but at the end, it didn’t talk a lot about the her and her boyfriend and how she live with her family. It is pretty neat how the story starts off with her telling her story to a class and end with her giving advice to the students to not make the same mistake she had made. This book is nice if you are the same reading level as me which I know none of my classmates are so I don’t recommend this book to a high schoolers because it’s pretty easy and there are other books that can be more entertaining. If I have to think about it, the theme of the book is pretty boring because I already learned about the struggling of teenage mom. It talks about the same stuff in the book so the book is good if you are at my reading level but if you aren't it’s going to be a pretty book for you.
10/30/14
American Studies
The Test by Peggy Kern
The book “The Test” is about a girl named Liselle who is pregnant when she was 16 years old. The book talks about how she tell the student her story and hope they don’t make a mistake just like she did. The book start off with Liselle going back to the same school she attended and talk about her story with kids. She started talking about her trying to hide her pregnant because she don’t know if it was true that she was. She’s struggling with trying to hide it and one day, she fainted in the lunch room where everyone was there. Liselle mom was shocked when she hears that her daughter is pregnant. After the argument, Liselle moved with her dad he was also worried of how his daughter is going to take care of her baby. After that, Liselle had enough and moved into with her friends who was also pregnant and already had a baby at a young age too. Her friend told her that it’s not that hard to have a baby and that people will help you and there is no worry. Liselle believed her and she thought it wasn’t going to be hard until one day she had to watch her friend baby. Whatever she do, the baby won't stop crying and there she realized that it was going to be hard. Liselle and her boyfriend are still together. He still help her and it was not easy. She moved back with her family after a while. This book is about the struggle of teenage mom.
In this book you can see the struggle of Liselle being pregnant and having to take care of her baby while she is young. “I can’t take care of her myself” is the quote that proves that Liselle is struggling. Liselle argue with her parents and her boyfriend was little help but later on the story, he help a lot with taking care of the baby. In the story, Liselle had people help her take care of the baby because she couldn’t do all by herself. She is young and she still have to go to school. Every Night, she would struggle putting her baby to sleep and sometimes had to get up in the night because her baby was crying. It was a real struggle for her because she’s has a lot of stuff to do other than taking care of her baby. The quotes connect to the big idea because she can’t take care of her baby by herself and she needed a lot of support and help from friends, and family.
This book is fine for me because it is the right level for me to read even though it is like a book for a fifth grader. The story flows pretty well but at the end, it didn’t talk a lot about the her and her boyfriend and how she live with her family. It is pretty neat how the story starts off with her telling her story to a class and end with her giving advice to the students to not make the same mistake she had made. This book is nice if you are the same reading level as me which I know none of my classmates are so I don’t recommend this book to a high schoolers because it’s pretty easy and there are other books that can be more entertaining. If I have to think about it, the theme of the book is pretty boring because I already learned about the struggling of teenage mom. It talks about the same stuff in the book so the book is good if you are at my reading level but if you aren't it’s going to be a pretty book for you.
May 13, 2014
Liselle Mason is back in her old school were she first found out she was pregnant. Her old principle has called her back to give a pep talk to the girls at that school. She is nervous because she used to be one of these little girls: fast and tied up in all types of drama. When she first gets to the room a few girls give her a hard time, but that all changes when she goes into depth about her life story. Liselle was just as innocent as all these girls until she found out she was pregnant. All that changed when she first came t realize that she was going to be a mom to a beautiful young girl. She tried to hide it at first staying in her room sleeping and even starving her self.
Her life changed thought when one day she was in the cafeteria at school and passed out because of hunger. Even thought she told her mom that she didn't want to go to the hospital her mom still force her into going. She was nervous. While in the hospital her mom found out that she was pregnant. Liselle ran away for days trying to get over the fact that her family had no money to support a baby. Her first stop was her dads house, but she ran away because she noticed that he didn't want nothing to do with her and that baby. Second she visited her cousin and aunts house who went through the same problem as her. Liselles cousin had also got pregnant at a young age. The only problem is that her cousin didn't learn that she is a mother now and goes out everyday with her friends. At the end of all this conflict Liselle went back home with her mom and is now working to support herself and her child. When Liselle finishes telling her story the girls are all fascinated. They learned that they don't want to be a teen mom any time soon.
Her life changed thought when one day she was in the cafeteria at school and passed out because of hunger. Even thought she told her mom that she didn't want to go to the hospital her mom still force her into going. She was nervous. While in the hospital her mom found out that she was pregnant. Liselle ran away for days trying to get over the fact that her family had no money to support a baby. Her first stop was her dads house, but she ran away because she noticed that he didn't want nothing to do with her and that baby. Second she visited her cousin and aunts house who went through the same problem as her. Liselles cousin had also got pregnant at a young age. The only problem is that her cousin didn't learn that she is a mother now and goes out everyday with her friends. At the end of all this conflict Liselle went back home with her mom and is now working to support herself and her child. When Liselle finishes telling her story the girls are all fascinated. They learned that they don't want to be a teen mom any time soon.
May 15, 2014
Meh. This wasn't as good as some of the other Bluford books. Mostly because I'm just not a fan of the whole teen pregnancy thing. I sympathize with anyone who has to go through it (am pro-choice all the way), but it just gets frustrating reading about a girl who knew darn well what the consequences would be and still did it to impress some guy anyway...some guy whose friends treat her like crap and he doesn't even stand up for her...with no protection. Just because she didn't want to make him wait. I am facepalming so hard right now.
It would be one thing if she was truly never educated about the consequences of it, or if she had used protection, but no. And the only remotely likeable character in the book--her mom--she turns away from, just because she's mad? Well, OF COURSE she's mad, but at least she's willing to help you and still loves you rather than those horrible parents who just immediately disown their kids! Sigh.
I also didn't understand why she was so shocked about her dad not being thrilled with her showing up at his apartment in the middle of the night...she's sixteen, not six. She's old enough to know that you can't just waltz into peoples' homes like that and expect them to not be the least bit hostile about it.
Edit: Forgot to mention that her cousin is a cow. No...that would be insulting to cows I guess. But it definitely reminded me of some of the so-called friends I used to have...so, I can relate to that a little bit...
It would be one thing if she was truly never educated about the consequences of it, or if she had used protection, but no. And the only remotely likeable character in the book--her mom--she turns away from, just because she's mad? Well, OF COURSE she's mad, but at least she's willing to help you and still loves you rather than those horrible parents who just immediately disown their kids! Sigh.
I also didn't understand why she was so shocked about her dad not being thrilled with her showing up at his apartment in the middle of the night...she's sixteen, not six. She's old enough to know that you can't just waltz into peoples' homes like that and expect them to not be the least bit hostile about it.
Edit: Forgot to mention that her cousin is a cow. No...that would be insulting to cows I guess. But it definitely reminded me of some of the so-called friends I used to have...so, I can relate to that a little bit...
October 31, 2012
This book is very intense. It’s about a girl named Liselle. She is sixteen years old and goes to Bluford High. She always feels dizzy and nauseous, so one day she went into the girl’s restroom and took a pregnancy test. Liselle couldn’t believe there was a blue plus sign on the test. She read the back of the box and the blue plus sign meant positive. She was in shock as she left the school to go home. She was scared to tell somebody, so she kept it to herself. The next day she fainted in the lunch room and had to go to the doctor. She tried to convince her mom she was okay, but her mom took her anyway. The doctor said she was four months pregnant and had to keep the baby.
My opinion about this book is positive. I like the book and I think it show teen’s what can happen if you aren’t protected. The book shows it’s not easy to be a mom at such a young age. It takes a lot of energy, time, and money. In the book Liselle’s cousin Shayna was pregnant at the same age Liselle was and the book brings out that it was stressful for Shayna and her mom helped out a lot. So it’s not easy being so young with a baby. But I also like that the book talks about teen situations like boy and family drama that happens to most teens nowadays.
My opinion about this book is positive. I like the book and I think it show teen’s what can happen if you aren’t protected. The book shows it’s not easy to be a mom at such a young age. It takes a lot of energy, time, and money. In the book Liselle’s cousin Shayna was pregnant at the same age Liselle was and the book brings out that it was stressful for Shayna and her mom helped out a lot. So it’s not easy being so young with a baby. But I also like that the book talks about teen situations like boy and family drama that happens to most teens nowadays.
May 6, 2014
For use in schools and libraries only. Liselle Mason is in trouble. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with Oscar Price, her moody classmate at Bluford High. But when Liselle's clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly.
One day she felt sick, rushed to the bathroom to throw up not knowing why she was so sick out of nowhere. So after school she went to the store to buy a pregnancy test, went home and it was positive. She thought It was wrong so bout another and took one at school and it was positive .
She was scared, not knowing why this have happen to her. Then she thought back and remembered when she went to go visit Oscar, she was throwing herself at him for her to lose her virginity. Now two months later this happen. She was thinking who was going to help her and if her mom was going to freak? She didn't tell no one, but Oscar. He freaked and didn't have anything to say. She ran away from home and stayed with her dad for two days, felt alone; Oscar was there for the baby, but no relation with Liselle. Three years later Liselle went back to BluFord high to speak to some teenage girl about how to not have sex and if so to protect yourselves or you'll have a baby coming in nine months.
One day she felt sick, rushed to the bathroom to throw up not knowing why she was so sick out of nowhere. So after school she went to the store to buy a pregnancy test, went home and it was positive. She thought It was wrong so bout another and took one at school and it was positive .
She was scared, not knowing why this have happen to her. Then she thought back and remembered when she went to go visit Oscar, she was throwing herself at him for her to lose her virginity. Now two months later this happen. She was thinking who was going to help her and if her mom was going to freak? She didn't tell no one, but Oscar. He freaked and didn't have anything to say. She ran away from home and stayed with her dad for two days, felt alone; Oscar was there for the baby, but no relation with Liselle. Three years later Liselle went back to BluFord high to speak to some teenage girl about how to not have sex and if so to protect yourselves or you'll have a baby coming in nine months.
October 2, 2014
I really liked the book, It was about a girl that found out she was pregnancy. She didn't know how to tell her friends nor did she know how to tell her mom. Her mom was already going through a lot with trying to keep her job and to make sure she keep them fed. So Sarah was scared and confused, The only person that knew she was pregnancy was the girl that found her in the bathroom at the school with a pregnancy test in her hand. Her own best friend Monique didn't even know, Sarah didn't want to tell her at first because, Sarah was expected to be the girl that didn't get pregnancy or get in any trouble. But anyways her mom ended up finding out and so did her friends and the boy. She was due during summer and she was going to work a summer job at the mall and take her baby. At the end of the book she when back to the high school to talk to teens and tell them about her story of how she go pregnancy and how she was scared and confused. The point of her going and talking to them teens was to prevent them from being put in that situation at a young age and not knowing how to handle it.
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