When she discovers that she is pregnant, fifteen-year-old Gail is torn by indecision about whether to keep the baby as she would like or give it up for adoption.
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Grade 6 Up Fifteen-year-old Gail is pregnant, and she is torn between various ``solutions'' offered by adults. Her foster mother comforts, but makes clear her own opinions: ``Sex is. . .a gift to be enjoyed by husbands and wives within marriage,'' abortion is ``just a nice word for murder.'' The Grants refer Gail to grandfatherly Pastor Wilkes, a caring clergyman who immediately cross-examines her on her relationship with God and quotes Scriptures on abstinence before and outside of marriage. Gail is pressured toward abortion by Steve and his socially prominent family, but she decides to bear her child. After a stay in a Salvation Army home for unwed mothers and a melodramatic meeting with Steve, she agrees to adoption. She then can look forward to returning to the Grants' home, to a new life, and to a new belonging within the Christian community. The anti-abortion, anti-premarital sex, and pro-adoption points of view deserve an intelligent, thoughtful presentation. This book is a conservative religious tract ill-disguised as fiction. The characters are stick figures with whom it is not possible to identify or empathize. There is no plot development; readers know early on what will happen. The stilted writing style and preachy dialogue will not attract readers. The pathetic heroine's choice of adoption, which in the circumstances seems a hopeful one for her and her child, is lost beneath a mountain of pieties. Libby K. White, Schenectady County Public Library, N.Y.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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