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When sixteen-year-old Sydney Biggs’s pregnancy test shows the telltale plus sign, she confides in only her best friend Natalia, and Natalia promptly “borrows” her mother’s car so Sydney can confront the baby’s father. But after the car is reported stolen and police bring the girls home, their parents send them away to wilderness camp as punishment. With six weeks to spend in the wilds of Canada, time is ticking for Sydney, who isn’t sure what she wants to do about the pregnancy. As she befriends her fellow adventuremates and contends with Natalia’s adamant opinions on the choices available, Sydney realizes that making the right choice can mean very different things.

About The Author

Photograph by Paul Blackmore

Nina de Gramont is the author of the acclaimed Meet Me at the River and Every Little Thing in the World as well as the story collection Of Cats and Men and the adult novel The Gossip of Starlings. Her work has appeared in Redbook, Harvard Review, Nerve, and Seventeen. Nina lives with her husband and daughter in coastal North Carolina. 

Product Details

  • Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (March 23, 2010)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781416982807
  • Grades: 9 and up
  • Ages: 14 - 99
  • Lexile ® 870 The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

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