Gaby Rodriguez,Jenna Glatzer
Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers; from an outsiderâ€™s perspective, it was practically a family tradition. Gaby had ambitions that didnâ€™t include teen motherhood. But she wondered: how would she be treated if she â€œlived downâ€ to others' expectations? Would everyone ignore the years she put into being a good student and see her as just another pregnant teen statistic with no future? These questions sparked Gabyâ€™s school project: faking her own pregnancy as a high school senior to see how her family, friends, and community would react. What she learned changed her life forever, and made international headlines in the process.,In ,The Pregnancy Project,, Gaby details how she was able to fake her own pregnancyâ€”hiding the truth from even her siblings and boyfriendâ€™s parentsâ€”and reveals all that she learned from the experience. But more than that, Gabyâ€™s story is about fighting stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to forge a bright future for herself.
Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Young Adult,Teen,Biography,Biography Memoir,Young Adult,High School,Feminism,Academic,School,Family,Contemporary
The Pregnancy Project