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Choices: The Book
A teen girl breaks all the rules and finds herself alone, her life spinning out of control when binge drinking, date rape, and teen pregnancy collide. Choices is a compelling and bumpy coming-of-age journey that hurtles an over-protected girl into turmoil and confusion. The many sides of the reproductive rights issue come together in Choices, a story voiced with respect, sensitivity, heart and emotion.
Choices: The reader
For teen girls everywhere. Their mothers, grandmothers, aunts…and, their fathers and brothers.
Choices: The message - Your Life … Your Choices!
Choices is an empowering and thought provoking read. The novel engages readers in the story of a teen girl who slips up and falls hard. As fifteen-year-old Kara learns to think for herself and take responsibility for her choices, she discovers a solid sense of herself and her own value. Will she ever be the same?…No, she’ll be stronger.
Choices: The author
Kate Buckley has her MA in Human Development with a concentration on women’s studies. She has facilitated support groups for girls in California and New Mexico and administrated a three-year drug and alcohol abuse prevention program in the public middle schools of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Choices: early reviews
"While Choices focuses on current and topical issues, it is the heart of this book that makes it so wonderful. Kara's soulful narrative and depictions of friendship and family love draw the reader in and propel the plot, making Choices a commentary on adolescence, religion, and society. The emotions and substance of Choices make it heartfelt and hard to put down. It really stays with you when you’re done." Tatiana Mathews, age 17, Gloucester, MA (reader)
“With a compelling plot and clear writing, Kate Buckley has created a primer for teens (and their parents) trying to navigate through adolescence in the 21st century. The chapters are brief and the plot moves fast, providing an excellent guide to issue after issue. Teachers and counselors should read and use this book too.”
Douglas K. Smith, author (On Value and Values—and other titles)
“In Kate Buckley’s Choices, when typical teen naiveté and risk taking result in pregnancy, a family is thrown into chaos. As the story unfolds, the girl and her parents grapple with the crisis and their deep foundation of love for one another is revealed. Love, caring, and emotional strength ultimately see this family through. Choices is so readable and true, I felt like I knew this family!” Mary Grathwol, librarian, Santa Fe Library, Santa Fe, NM
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See Kate Buckley at Santa Fe Symposium, June 14, 2008
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