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Olsen, Sylvia.
THE GIRL WITH A BABY
Custer, WA : Orca Book, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 1550391429
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 Jane is 14 and she just wants to stay in school and raise her baby.  Jane's family has left the reservation because of prejudice against her father but now the father is hardly ever around and Jane's brothers have dropped out of school.  Jane is afraid that everyone will expect the same of her.  But her Indian grandmother has faith in Jane and supports her decisions.  But can Jane really handle all the pressures of a teen pregnancy, raising a child and the prejudices of the white community?
SUBJECTS:     Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction.
                        Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Fiction.
                        Motherhood -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
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