Kalena More is a fifteen year old high school student with the every day average teenage issues. She loved talking on the phone, going to the mall, and crushing on boys. Things get a little complicated when she finds that she is pregnant with Isaiah's baby. Isaiah is a popular guy that happened to be Kalena's partner in Physical Education class.

Everyone treats Kalena differently now that she's pregnant. Which of course is normal in a teenage high school environment. No one knows how to relate to her problems or what they can do to help her.

Some of Kalena's behavior seemed a little off for what "normalcy" she seemed to have at home. What is the reason for her begging for attention and her immaturity? I think every character could have used some additional back story, and character building. Then again, it seems the highlight to the book is the morals you learn.

Isaiah is completely ignoring Kalena and pretending the issue does not exist. It almost seems as if the author wanted us to hate him an his family. It worked, I found him to be selfish and a bit annoying. I was surprised when Kalena didn't feel as embarrassed by her baby-daddy's behavior.

This is a pretty good book for the average "teen pregnancy growing pains." The plot is basic, but the emotions are real. I give this book 4/5. ( )

The book was engaging. I felt the teenagers in the book were typical had typical teen issues. Kalena fell for one of the popular guys in school and felt special when with him. Her desire to please him was stronger than the desire to please herself. She seemed a little reluctant to give it up for about 5 seconds, and then she couldn’t help herself. In a relationship for just a few weeks and already pregnant and moving into his family home; that was a bit much.

She let the outside influence her life too much. She let her “boyfriend” dictate her life without him even trying. She needed tough love and a wake up call. She wasn’t a bad kid, just made bad choices.

It is a quick read for a young adult without too much emotion. Gives them the overview of a year in the life of a teenage girl make one bad decision that cause a ripple effect of other bad things. ( )

The story was about Kalena More, a fifteen year old sophomore in high school and her growing pains. Kalena seemed like your typical teenager who loved going to the mall with friends and talking on the phone.

When she is assigned a new partner in her P.E class, Kalena develops a crush on him. Isaiah is a good looking, playful and popular guy, so of course Kalena hopes that he could come to care for her. Soon after she discovers that Isaiah is interested, they begin spending all their time together, excluding of Kalena’s other friends. Soon after they become close, Kalena discovers that she is pregnant. At 15 years old, she doesn’t know what to do. She can’t even take care of herself, so what can she do for a baby?

This novel gives a realistic account of a year in the life of a teenager. Kalena’s blasé attitude about sex, school work and even her future seems characteristic of this age group. She was clearly immature, and clearly in over her head. While I felt sorry for her, I couldn’t help wondering about her family structure. Kalena’s mom and dad was there, so why was she attention starved? I’ll admit the relationship between Kalena and her parents was an enigma as I couldn’t tell if they were close to her. They didn’t seem as emotionally connected, so maybe that is why Kalena glommed on to the first guy who paid her any attention. Also, Kalena began going over Isaiah’s house everyday after school. Didn’t her parents ask her where she was, and what she was doing? Perhaps they could have encouraged her to be in after school clubs and other activities to keep her busy.

It wasn't as fluid and lacked emotional depth. I would have liked more character building. I would have liked to know the characters better. Kalena didn’t seem ambitious before the baby. I can’t speak for Isaiah. We don’t know about Isaiah’s academic dreams but he seemed to be doing well academically. The relationship between Kalena and Isaiah wasn’t as long as I initially thought it was. In fact, all this happened in a span of a few weeks, maybe 6-8 weeks before she got pregnant. I also think that Isaiah didn’t necessarily have to be a bad guy. He is a typical fifteen year old boy who isn’t ready to be a father either. So he handled the situation by acting immature as well.

I don’t know if Isaiah’s mom had to be a villain either. Kalena seemed lazy and self-centered. This situation was probably difficult for all parties involved. I felt there was more going on there, and it wasn’t voiced because we heard this story in Kalena’s voice.

I appreciate the author tackling the subject of teenage pregnancy, but I would have liked more in-depth emotional scenes. There were a few “moody” sceces, but I didn’t feel Kalena’s despair. In fact, Kalena’s actions always seemed reactionary. She would do things because someone said something to her, or made her feel a certain way. She didn’t seem to have a strong backbone or a handle on her own goals and desires. I liked the ending as it is encouraging. Kalena started thinking about her future more and how she was going to take care of herself. She began making plans whereas before the pregnancy she was floating through life.

This novel was a good beginning for a discussion on a life-altering event. I hope that there is more dialogue on this subject matter. ( )

I received this story from a LibraryThing giveaway. What a cute story this was.
Kalena was a teenage girl going thru growing pains of life. We travel with her as she ends up making decisions that will affect her for the rest of her life. This book will show us that hard work and time pays off. ( )

I liked this book it was real easy to read and very life like I mean the author could've been talking about me! I enjoyed it very much the strength of the character was very relate-able . Although I would've engaged more of a response to the fact of her getting her G.E.D. I mean I worked hard on mine and I threw a party:) I thought the family would've at least congratulated her but oh well all families are different even fictional ones:) ( )