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MAXINE BANKS IS GETTING MARRIE
By Williams, Lori Aurelia
- ISBN
- 978-1-59643-513-1
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2010
Gr 7-10 Maxine Banks's friend Tia has just gotten married and moved away, and Maxine decides that she wants to do the same so that she can get away from her mother and her mother's domineering live-in boyfriend. She convinces her boyfriend, Brian, also 17 and still in high school, that they should get married. To get permission, since they are underage, they tell their parents that Maxine is pregnant. With no idea what this commitment will entail, Maxine steamrolls over all of Brian's doubts and questions. Everything falls apar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Unhappy at home, seventeen-year-old Maxine convinces her boyfriend, Brian, that they should fake a pregnancy and get married. But so...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
