Jumping Off Swings (Paperback)

from sensitivemuse

Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles covers a teenage pregnancy through the eyes of four characters: Ellie the would be mother, Corinne her best friend, Caleb the nice guy who's had a crush on Ellie, and Josh, the would be father. Throughout the story you go through Ellie's pregnancy and how each of ...

from mosylu1

When Ellie gets pregnant after a one-time encounter with Josh at a party, she's not the only one affected. This book looks at teen pregnancy from multiple viewpoints--Ellie, Josh, and their respective best friends--as they confront the end to all their innocence. While I liked the multiple POV an...

from mosylu1

When Ellie gets pregnant after a one-time encounter with Josh at a party, she's not the only one affected. This book looks at teen pregnancy from multiple viewpoints--Ellie, Josh, and their respective best friends--as they confront the end to all their innocence. While I liked the multiple POV an...

from Whisper1

After reading See you at Harry's, I simply wanted to follow this author and learn about her other books. She is a very credible worker of words who captures emotions in a wonderful way. She doesn't resort to drama and is able to hook the reader into the story of a painful subject in a non overbea...

from bagambo

Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles is a YA novel that I won on LibraryThing's Early Reviewers' program. It took me about two hours to finish the book and I have to say for such a short novel, it certainly was a good read. The book centers on a group of kids in high school: Ellie, Corrine, Caleb, an...