The First Part Last, Angela Johnson
The First Part Last, Angela Johnson
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The First Part Last

Author: Angela Johnson

Narrator: Khalipa Oldjohn

Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2004


Synopsis

Bobby is a typical urban New York City teenager--impulsive, eager, restless. For his sixteenth birthday he cuts school with his two best buddies, grabs a couple of slices at his favorite pizza joint, catches a flick at a nearby multiplex, and gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever: He's going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and fun times with friends are replaced by visits to Nia's pediatrician and countless social workers who all say that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put their baby up for adoption. Then tragedy strikes Nia, and Bobby finds himself in the role of single, teenage father. Because his child--their child--is all that remains of his lost love.

With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson tells the story of a young man's struggle to figure out what the "right thing" is and then to do it. The result is a gripping portrayal of single teenage parenthood from the point of view of a youth on the threshold of becoming a man.

About The Author

ANGELA JOHNSON is the prolific and award-winning author of Toning the Sweep, which was a Coretta Scott King Award winner, a School Library Journal Best Book, and a Booklist Editor's Choice. Her first novel, Heaven, was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 18, 2009

I picked up this book because one of my students had talked about wanting to read it. It was also on many of the literature award posters I have in my classroom, so I knew that it came highly rated. The book comes from the perspective of a teen father raising his newborn daughter on his own. The plo......more

Goodreads review by Jay on June 16, 2021

Such a well written short book. Seeing a young boy becoming a father all while dealing with traumatic issues touched my heart and pulled at my heart strings. In some alternate reality out there, this would've been my reality, and I relate to it to so much.......more

Goodreads review by Aiyana on April 09, 2015

The First Part last was a very touching book that I never imagined ever reading. Seeing the perspective of a young boy becoming a father dealing with horrific and traumatic issues I never thought a young father would experienced touched my heart. As I started reading the book I could not keep up wit......more

Goodreads review by Shaunda on October 29, 2008

The First Part Last is a very inspiring and thoughtful story. It's about a teenage boy named Bobby who gets a girl named Nia pregnant. He struggles between giving his baby up for adoption or keeping it. When Nia goes into a coma during her labor, he decides to keep it to have a part of her with him.......more