For her senior project, Gaby Rodriguez pretended to be pregnant. She wanted to gauge the reactions of her family, classmates and teachers. Her mother became pregnant at age 14 with her first child and all of her siblings were teen-aged parents as well. Gaby, as the youngest, was the last chance for the family to have one child graduate high school and go on to college. She knew this had a better chance of happening if she did not become pregnant. And yet, it seemed that many people just expected her to do just that. She wanted to find out how people would treat her if she fulfilled their expectations as well as see how this treatment affected a pregnant teen. Her project was revealed in a school-wide assembly, and the story went national.
I hadn't heard of this story before I read the book. This was a book club choice, and while it was interesting, it's not something I would generally read. It was very carefully written so you never really get to know Gaby.
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