THE FIRST PART LAST

“Bobby, I’ve got something to tell you.” One would imagine that those seven little words wouldn’t be enough to turn their entire world upside down. But for Bobby, those seven words change his entire life. That something he needs to be told is that his girlfriend is pregnant. His sixteenth birthday goes from being the happiest to the most confusing.
At sixteen, his life was nothing more than basketball and the arcade. Now, with his girlfriend Nia pregnant, sixteen means a baby, diapers and bottles. The two are faced with the difficult decision of whether to keep the baby or give the baby up for adoption. They know that at sixteen they will never be able to provide for that child.
Written from a Bobby’s point of view on the whole situation, Angela Johnson’s The First Part Last is perfect for those struggling with a romance or pregnancy in the relationship. Told from a male’s point of view, readers can finally understand the complicity of a teen romance, and realize boys feel just as scared.
You will be able to read Bobby’s story as it switches from past to present. As the events of his life unfold, you are there to laugh with him, and also to cry with him when tragedy strikes. At sixteen will Bobby and Nia be able to do the right thing? And at sixteen what is the right thing? Do they keep the baby, or give it up for adoption? You will truly be moved by Johnson’s novel, and the difficult decision they come to.