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MATT LOVED EVERYTHING about Emmy. He loved her freckled, luminous, magical body. He loved her free spirit. He loved the future he saw when he found out Emmy was pregnant. And he loved her answer when her parents protested their decision to keep the baby: “We’ll just love it, okay?”
Full of emotion and insight, Mahalia is the story of one teenage boy’s struggle to be a better father than he knows how.
“A poignant and memorable love story of a young father and his daughter.”—School Library Journal
“A starkly candid and sensitive portrait of teenage parenthood.”—The Horn Book Magazine
A Children’s Peace Literature Prize Recommended Book
Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards’ Shortlist
From the Hardcover edition.
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- English Books
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3 stars 2 stars 1 star - Library Binding 192 Pages
- ISBN-10: 037592325X
- ISBN-13: 9780375923258
- Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Pub date: Apr 08, 2003
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, School & Library Binding and Others
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Slow at times, but has a great perspective. It is good to see a book from a teen father's perspective. The cover art was nice, however, the copy at our library does not have description on it which I think is a huge draw back.