Friday, May 1, 2009

The Last Part First

Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003.

16-year-old single parent Bobby shares with us his experiences as a father, and reminisces about how he came to be where he is now in life.

The first part
Romantic relationships
Making Love

Birth Control
Adoption

Parenthood
Fatherhood
Friendships
African American families
Grief and loss
Remembrance

Maturity and change
The Last Part

Awards: Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults, 2004; Coretta Scott King Award for Best African-American Children's Writer, 2004.

Jacket photos ©2003 by John Healy
Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Scanned May 1, 2009.

Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 0-689-8492222. $15.95. Hardcover.


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