Beth Fehlbaum, YA fiction author

Welcome to Day 1 of my Celebration of Realistic Young Adult Fiction! 

I am thrilled to feature Carol Larese Millward's 

STAR IN THE MIDDLE as the first book in the series. 

From the book jacket:

At 16, Star’s life has changed drastically now that she’s become the mother of a baby boy. To learn what’s best for him, Star’s taking parenting classes at a center for teen moms. But she’s having trouble keeping up with the baby’s demands, and her grandmother is threatening to force her to put the baby up for adoption.

To top it off, Wilson, a popular star athlete, is in denial about being the baby’s father. He doesn’t know about Star’s terrible, painful secrets. But as Wilson’s friends and family push him to accept this responsibility, he learns the truth about Star’s disturbing past, facts that change his life forever. Told from Star’s and Wilson’s points-of-view, Star in the Middle reveals a compelling snap shot of the difficult lives of teen parents.

Summary:

At sixteen, Star Peters is determined to keep her baby, but it is becoming increasingly more difficult each day. Instead of training for her high school’s cross-country team and preparing for her junior year, she is struggling to meet her baby’s needs, while trying to cope with painful, haunting secrets that she’s shared with no one.

Wilson Fletcher, the baby’s father, someone Star had loved and trusted, won’t even acknowledge that the baby is his. To make things even more complicated, Star’s grandmother, concerned with her granddaughter’s struggles as a teen mother, is threatening to put Star in foster care and find adoptive parents for the baby.

Star finds support from friends, especially Todd Ryan, a teen father caring for his infant daughter—and at a center she attends for teen parents. Wilson, at seventeen, is smart, athletic and popular. He just wants to get on with life, but he’s finding it difficult to forget about Star. As family and friends encourage Wil to accept his responsibility as a father, he begins to understand some important truths about the girl he can’t forget, himself, and what he believes to be true.

In alternating chapters, Star and Wil voice their most intimate secrets, feelings, hopes and fears about themselves and their baby.

The author's website: www.carollaresemillward.com

Buy it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Middle-Carol-Larese-Millward/dp/1934813133/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312034908&sr=1-1

Buy it on Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-in-the-middle-carol-millward/1015871200

Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjYijUCeso0