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Sex Education

by Jenny Davis · 1988

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David and Livvie are working on their term project together for their sex education class. Their project is to care for someone else for the semester. But when they choose a lonely, pregnant neighbor, they find that caring isn't as simple as it sounds. An ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

Genre
coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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